Mattis

What can you do when the substitute teacher is super annoying, the math exercise super hard, and you find Mom’s hair-cutting shears between your lunch-box and your school-folder? For Mattis the answer is easy. He knows his Mom’s stressed expression when she wants to convince him, “Mattis, you really need a haircut!” This time he wants to be helpful—and does it himself. It’s so easy: Even Kathi has a new, short hair style in no time. But at home Mattis has to explain himself and the letter that substitute teacher wrote to his parents. Certainly, this is to the reader’s benefit, who will laugh at Mattis’ good intentions.