Her stepmother discriminates between her own daughter and the narrator. But the narrator loves her stepmother as she is alone and feels lonely. When the stepmother dies, no one tries to comfort the narrator for her death. No one presumes that she might be sad. She is so sad. Finally she concludes she is not going to wait any longer for her stepmother (who only used to comb her own daughter’s hair) to comb her hair too. Now that she is not alive she can own the stepmother in her imagination.

Mozhgan Babamarandi has started writing for children since 1995 focusing mostly on teenagers. She is a well-known figure in Iranian children & teenagers’ literature and her books are published by famous Iranian publish-ers. Her stories reflect her own childhood. Her books contain ethical and social themes. She is fond of short-story format and this is the prominent format of her books which are published in Iran.. At the time being, she lives in Tehran. She is the author of more than 28 books of novel and collection of stories for children and young Adults .