did she do that was so incredibly beastly?

about two minutes after those teenaged hormones first kicked in, Scheherazade was already on her way down a path which would make nearly any mother's hair curl . . . and turn grey !

(NOT recommended!)

• Be a teenager.
• Start smoking at the age of twelve.
• Drop out of the ninth grade.
• Hitchhike from the Midwest to California several weeks before
  your fifteenth birthday.
• Don't tell anyone who cares about you where you've gone.
• Consume mass quantities of alcohol.
• Partake of many controlled substances.
• Unconsciously assume you're immortal.
• Engage in libidinous behaviors.
• Stay away for at least a year.