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Toorington Bells – Barbara Lawrence
Toorington Bells – Barbara Lawrence
Style and Smile
Barbara Lawrence is the lady in Toorington whose job it is to make people look nice. And, sometimes even exceptional. Barbara Lawrence is the owner of Style and Smile - Toorington's own little hairdresser's shop. And, business is great at Style and Smile. Barbara Lawrence and her team of hard working girls really know what they're doing. They've won lots of good prizes. Style and Smile is very well known.
But, of course, women don't only go to Style and Smile for a perm and a cut, they go for the gossip as well. And, Barbara and her girls do all that they can to encourage this art of light entertainment. They know when to say yes, no, oh dear!, what a shame, deary me, and “well I never – who'd have believed it” – and many more phrases as well. And, Barbara Lawrence and her team always promise to keep every thing secret. But, as everyone knows, women only confide in their 10 closet friends – meaning – everyone in Toorington knows everyone's secrets.
But, there's one thing in Toorington that its women have never forgotten. It's all about Barbara. And, it's the one thing that Barbara Lawrence would love to forget. And, it happened a long time ago.
Style and Smile had only been going for just six very short months at the time. And, because Sally, Barbara's assistant, was ill, Barbara was doing all the work on her own. And, being a Friday, Style and Smile was busy. In fact, very, very busy. And, Barbara had two chairs on the go, and waiting her turn was Raechel Hall of the Toorington Arms.
And, then the story began. The lady in the left chair was in for a perm and to have her hair dyed. Red was her choice. And, the lady in the right chair was in for the same, excepting, her hair was going to become blue. So far so good. And, the gossip and the afternoon tea were flowing and everyone was having great fun. And, Barbara Lawrence finished the ladies, and whilst they were sitting under the old fashioned dryers Raechel Hall had her hair done. Nothing much – just a bit shorter. No change of colour. For her, her natural white was just fine.
And, then came the shock.
And, it was a very big shock! The lady on the left had become blue, and the lady on the right had become red! Barbara had mixed up the colours. There was silence. No one knew what to say. But, not for too long. It was Raechel Hall who found the right words. With great exclamation, Raechel Hall told the two ladies how fantastic they looked. And, Barbara Lawrence agreed. And soon, the two ladies started agreeing as well. And so, Barbara Lawrence made a nice cup of tea and the gossip and the fun started flowing again. There were three customers with three different colours, red, white, and blue - 3 great British colours. And, of course, there was Barbara Lawrence and she was relieved. And, this was a mistake she only made once.
Barbara Lawrence is the lady in Toorington whose job it is to make people look nice. And, one day she did something different. Red not blue and blue instead of red. But, this time no prizes. And, the ladies of Toorington have never forgotten. But, Style and Smile is still smiling. The ladies of Toorington know just how lucky they are!
Barbara Lawrence. She and her girls are Style and Smile.
Vocabulary
confide – vertrauen
deary me - Oh weh!
exceptional – außergewöhnlich
exclamation – mit großen Aufruf
gossip – Tratsch
hair dyed – Haar gefärbt
light entertainment – leichte Unterhaltung
oh dear – Oh Weh
on the go – in betrieb
perm – Dauer Welle
relieved - erleichtert
well I never, who'd have believed it – unglaublich
well known – sehr bekannt
what a shame – wie schade
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