“While Dr. Bearson checked Brother Bear’s teeth, Sister looked at the other tools on his work tray- there were little picks, a scraper, a tamper, and ULP!- A yanker! ”
“That’s what it was, because after school my mom took us all to the dentist and Dr. Fields found a cavity just in me. Come back next week and I’ll fix it, said Dr. Fields. Next week, I said, I’m going to Australia.”
“Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work, so he had no end of patients. Those close to his own size – moles, chipmunks, et cetera – sat in the regular dentist’s chair.
Larger animals sat on the floor while Doctor De Soto stood on a ladder.”
“That night the De Sotos lay awake worrying. ‘Should we let him in tomorrow?’ Mrs. De Soto wondered.
‘Once I start a job,’ said the dentist firmly, ‘I finish it. My father was the same way.’ “