“First, catch your hair. Well up toward the head, please. Now pull it out. One, two, three—yank!”
“Ouch!” said the voice above.
“Do it again. Now have you got two?”
“Yes.”
“Knot them together.”
There was a period of silence.
“It’s very difficult,” complained the girl.
“Because you’re doing it in silence. There must be sprightly conversation or the charm won’t work. Talk!”
“What about?”
“Tell me who you thought I was when you said, ‘Boo!’ at me.”