After the hairbrush ordeal, Galinda went off to find a pretty pink dress for Open House, leaving Elphaba in the dorm practicing magic.
"Now that Galinda is gone," Elphaba said. "I can finally practice in peace without her high-pitched voice ruining my concentration."
So, Elphaba chanted some magic words from her magics book.
"Tresse Ka Reple!"
And Galinda's pretty pink brush glowed an uneasy green.
"Uh-oh..." Elphaba said nervously as she looked at the spell she placed upon the brush.
"Just great, Elphaba." She thought to herself. "Bad enough Galinda brags about her hair, and now she's going to freak out about it... And yet...Maybe I could just throw out that brush and buy her a new one!"
Elphaba was about to do so when...
"GET YOUR GREEN HANDS OFF MY BRUSH!"
Galinda came in the door.
"Galinda, I wouldn't use that brush if I was you." Elphaba began.
"And why not?" Galinda asked. "Did you brush your hair with it, thinking my prettiness can go in it?"
"NO! I-"
Elphaba began to realize Galinda wouldn't believe her if she said what really happened.
"Boq used it to brush the lion!" Elphaba said finally, smacking herself in the forehead afterwards.
"Sure he did."
"No really!"
"BICK!"
Boq came running in the room (He was in the dorm about three doors away from them).
"Yes?"
"Did you use MY brush to brush that lion?" Galinda asked.
Elphaba shook her hands and nodded rapidly to Boq.
"Uh, yes?" Boq answered, looking at Elphaba in utter confusion.
"Doesn't the lion have his OWN brush!" Galinda asked Boq. "I'm warning you, Boq; Touch my brush and I will give out a cruel and unusual punishment!"
Boq nodded, then ran off.
"Why didn't you tell me before, Elphie?" Galinda asked.
"Because I didn't want to..." Was what Elphaba was going to say, but said nothing.
"Whatever. Anyway, I must get ready for tonight; Momsie and Popsicle want to see me the exact way they saw me the day I left!"
"I don't think they will..." Elphaba thought to herself.
Note: Want to know the spell Elphaba cast on Galinda's brush? Here's a hint: Read the magic words carefully. I swear you'll laugh so hard once you find out!