Go ahead and laugh. I know, I look pretty dumb with lipstick on. But it's not my fault … Mrs. Gilkey says I gotta wear it. Everyone else does, she says, so I got to, too … even if I am a boy.

Actually, it's not so much the lipstick that bothers me as it is the eye makeup. That mascara stuff … gosh, it tickles and all that … plus it makes my eyes look so funny. Almost … like I'm a lot older. You know what I mean.

See … take a good look. I look like I'm at least fourteen or fifteen with my eyes done up. Isn't that weird?

What do you think?