I decided to take the scissors to it myself, and had just gotten started when my dad brought home my new wig, which he had won i
n a card game. I can imagine that some eight-year-olds would see an implied message in the gift of a wig; all I saw was hair, long and straight and mahogany colored, like the tail of a horse. It wasn't actually a wig – it was called a "fall," and it attached to the middle of my head by a comb, and then fell down my back. —A Girl Named Zippy,
Haven Kimmel
What was the writer’s reaction to the “fall” her father gave her?
She decided to take scissors to it.
She was insulted when her father gave it to her.
She was excited that it was long and straight.
She thought it would look better on a horse.
