Hurt hair = Her hair
I just had eye surgery and have a bit of a problem seeing this afternoon. Sorry about that.
I knew what you meant.
Her hair looks like she leaned forward. It is shaped around her face. Kids are all different. Some don’t like to touch their face. Her hair is in her eyes so clearly she was not touching her face even to move her hair.
The footprints do get lighter. There are more paint drips where she is standing, but that could be explained by just spending more time in that spot and allowing time for it to run off.
The back is an assumption. It doesn’t really matter to the truthfulness of the story. No one saw her do it.
Anyway it is a cute story. If it is staged there is no real harm done. But I think the bare shoulders and the paint shaped around the front edges of her hair really looks like she leaned forward into the bucket.