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Making up with Daddy
Sometimes a man is a girl's best friend.

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By Becky Hellyer

Jan. 24, 2001 | At 6 my daughter longed to be a boy. She even cut her own hair. Still, she could not resist the lure of the mascara in her birthday makeup kit. Although he was not quite sure how it worked, her father helped her apply it.

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Becky Hellyer is a playwright living in Seattle.

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