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slimmer and more feminine. I sat still while Shirley went to work with an electric curling iron. I soon had a head of bouncy Black Curls arranged in a girl's hair- style. As a ginal touch Shirley put a pair of pearl ear- rings on my ears so that the pearls just showed below my curls. She told me to close my eyes until she had me standing in front of the full length mirror.

When I opened my eyes I couldn't believe what I saw. I had worn dresses before but I had never been so completely transformed into a girl. From the needle toe of my pumps to the topmost curl in my hair I was every inch a pretty girl. I noticed Shirley standing to one side looking at me with surprise. She made me turn around for her and then she said, "I didn't think a boy could make such an attractive girl. If I hadn't helped you I couldn't believe you weren't really a girl. Are you sure you are a boy?"

"Yes I'm sure, but looking into this mirror makes me rather sorry I'm not really a girl.'

"Well,

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Shirley said, "if I were a boy that made as pretty a girl as you do maybe I would like to dress like a girl too. Let's go next door. Jill and her mother are probably getting impatient by now.

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"Who's the cute brunette?" Jack asked as we came in. "It couldn't be John, could it?"

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"We'll have to call him Jill now. Mrs. Howell said.

"Why Jill?" I inquired.

"You certainly don't look like anybody named John, Mrs. Howell replied, "and Jack doesn't use the name anymore.

"Then I guess I'll be Jill for an evening, I said.

I had a delightful evening. I learned how Jill became Jack. She had been raised as a boy since the age of five. Her father had died when she was born and her two sisters married soon after so that Mrs. Howell soon missed having a male around. She cut Jill's curls and raised her as her

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