I wrote this while daydreaming a couple of years ago, and thought now would be as good as time as any to throw out a theory. I have in mind a future book on the subject.
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What on earth makes hair curly? How strange that hair grows out of the scalp and rather than follow gravity’s course, pulling straight to the ground, it spirals irrationally. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m very thankful, but what causes it? My best guess is that there are angels whose sole purpose is to make curly hair. At night, they choose a few young children, (quite a few, but not the majority), creep up to them while they are sleeping, and wrap locks of hair around their long glassy fingers. They patiently wait all night long before letting go. I suppose it probably takes a couple of years of nightly wrapping to turn locks into tendrils, but eventually the work is done, and the hair learns to grow from the root and curl, as if still around very long angel fingers. I would like to take this opportunity to thank these angels, because I am one of the lucky ones who received their finger wrapping care, and now I do not have to wash my hair very often. I’d also like to thank the founders of Pantene Pro-V, whose products make hair washing even less of a necessity.
