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It’s not always easy being part of the Rainbow family. 

It’s not as colourful as you think. Pink had realised this 

from her first day of school, when she arrived with 

shiny magenta hair hanging straight to her shoulders 

and piercing hot pink eyes, while the rest of the 

children stared in astonishment. It was equally 

astonishing for these unaccustomed children to see 

Pink’s mother beside her, instead with shocking purple 

features and her younger brother Orange, with his 

flaming hair and eyes. 

What made the Rainbow family the way they were was 

nothing scientific or miraculous – they were simply born 

that way and chose to continue to bare the colours they 

were born with. 

It began with Pink’s grandparents, Red and White 

Rainbow… who had a son called Blue… who married a girl 

called Purple… and together had Green, Pink, Orange and 

Yellow. 

The family were extremely happy and as a result, always 

had bright and vivid hair. 

Lately however, Pink had been excluded from a group of girls 

she always used to play with. A new girl had recently joined 

their group. Her hair was lovely and blonde but her mouth 

was always a smirk. One day, the new girl had asked 

her,“Why are you always pink?” 

Pink hadn’t known how to respond. Why was she always pink? 

While she was still thinking of a reply, the other girls started 

wondering too. 

Her best friend had looked up at her and said “Yeah… you’re 

weird.” The girls had all laughed and ran off together and 

since then had avoided Pink at playtime. 

Pink felt very upset. She didn’t understand why these 

girls, who had been her friends for years, could ignore 

her like this. How could this one new girl suddenly 

change everything? The way the girls had treated her, 

the things they had said, made her feel… different. She 

had never felt any different from anyone before. Having 

pink hair and wearing pink clothes shouldn’t make her 

any different. She was confused and missed playing with 

her group of friends. 

Pink had not played with her friends for two weeks now. 

Every time she tried to talk to them they would say 

things like “We don’t want to be seen with a pink girl,” 

and “You’re too weird!”. 

She spent her playtimes alone in the school library. She 

knew she should talk to someone about it, like her 

teacher or her family, but she felt too embarrassed. 

A few nights later when Pink was alone in her room, she 

noticed something. She had caught a glimpse of herself 

in the mirror and realised something was different. She 

stared hard and looked at her hair. It was… lighter! Her 

hair was much paler than its usual colour. She wondered 

why. 

Pink remembered her mother telling her that when one 

of the Rainbow’s were upset, their hair would slowly lose 

its colour. Pink was overjoyed. If her hair became a 

normal colour and she started wearing normal clothes, 

maybe her friends would like her again! She knew she 

had to keep this a secret from her family, as they would 

worry about her, so she put her hair up and pulled on a 

pink hat. 

Over the next few weeks Pink was experiencing 

conflicting emotions. One side of her was upset because 

her friends were still avoiding her. However, the other 

side of her was excited because her hair was quickly 

losing its colour. That meant she could soon be normal! 

She couldn’t wait for the day when she could reveal her 

new self to her friends and play with them again. 

One night while having dinner with her family, the topic 

of the annual Rainbow Reunion was mentioned. Pink had 

forgotten about that! Every year, her entire family got 

together and had a party. Pink normally loved going 

because they played games and there was delicious food 

and they all dressed up but they usually took many 

photos. 

“Pink, that means you’ll have to take off that hat for 

once, you’ve been wearing it for weeks!” her 

grandmother Red informed her. 

Pink nodded but deep down she was very worried.

Pink was torn. She couldn’t go to the Rainbow Reunion 

with pale pink hair but she couldn’t play with her friends 

again with hot pink hair. She still had three weeks 

before the Reunion so she decided to try and win her 

friends back before then. 

A week later, Pink pulled her hat off to examine the 

colour. All the worry, stress and sadness she had been 

through over the past month had caused her hair to 

become a very fine and light pink. She knew she was 

ready. She had also bought herself some ‘normal’ 

clothes and now she tried these on. Looking in the 

mirror, she hardly recognised herself. She looked very 

normal. Almost… boring, but she shrugged this off. She 

knew she was ready to show her friends tomorrow.

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