Mrs Wormwood used to freshen it up by giving it a rinse in the washbasin with something called PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRONG.
This also served to dye the nasty brown hairs that kept growing from the roots underneath.
The bottle of PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRONG was kept in the cupboard in the bathroom,
and underneath the title on the label were written the words Caution, this is peroxide.
Keep away from children. Matilda had read it many times with fascination.
Matilda's father had a fine crop of black hair which he parted in the middle and of which he was exceedingly proud.
“Good strong hair,” he was fond of saying, “means there's a good strong brain underneath.”
“Like Shakespeare,” Matilda had once said to him. “Like who?” “Shakespeare, daddy.”
“Was he brainy?” “Very, daddy.” “He had masses of hair, did he?” “He was bald, daddy.”
To which the father had snapped, “If you can't talk sense then shut up.”
Anyway, Mr Wormwood kept his hair looking bright and strong, or so he thought,
by rubbing into it every morning large quantities of a lotion called OIL OF VIOLETS HAIR TONIC.
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