"a horn-comb, six hairs, and a figure resembling the letter C"

[Sara Eslami]

This is an image that Fanny Fern is trying to place into her readers heads of what women may become if they don't take time for themselves. The horned comb is possibly a sign of the past, of the fact that she was once pretty when she was given this. The loss of hair represents the loss of that beauty to tiredness. Lastly the letter "C" can mean many things. It can be an image of what will happen after years of bent labor, carrying kids and water, or it can represent care worn or child weary. The image is meant to persuade women to take time for themselves, walk for 15 minutes, or write so that this doesn't happen to them.