6 Tug of War

CHAPTER 6 TUG OF WAR 'Terry Dentist at your service!' says Terry. 'Hold still and I'll just knock your tooth out with this hammer.' 'No way!' I say. 'It's hurting enough already! No hammer!' 'No hammer? No problem!' says Terry. 'I'll use this tooth dynamite instead. It says here: Just put one stick in your mouth near the aching tooth and light the fuse.'

'DEFINITELY NOT!' I say. 'No hammer and no tooth dynamite! The tooth fairy won't want my tooth if it's exploded to bits. You are a terrible dentist!' 'Well, I'm all out of ideas then,' says Terry. 'Maybe we should go and ask the three wise owls how to get your tooth out.' 'I don't know about that,' I say. 'I'm not so sure those owls are as wise as you think they are.'

'Do you have any other ideas?' says Terry. 'No,' I say with a groan. 'Let's go and see the wise owls.' We jet-chair up to the owl house. 'Greetings, O wise owls!' says Terry.

CHICKEN KNEES! NAIL CRIPPLES FIDGET SPINNERS! BELLY MUSCLES! OCTOPUS STRAP! SUPERNOVA! 'Just as I suspected,' I say. 'This is a waste of time. Let's go.' 'No, give them a chance, Andy,' says Terry. 'We

haven't even asked our question yet.' Terry turns to address the owls. 'O wise owls! We do beseech thee to tell us the answer to our question: what is the best way to remove Andy's aching tooth?' 'String! Doorknob! Slam!' say the wise owls. 'See?' I say. 'I knew this wasn't a good idea. They're just hooting random words!' 'No, they're not!' says Terry. 'They're making perfect sense. They're telling us that all we have to do is tie a bit of string to your tooth, tie the other end to a doorknob and then slam the door. The force of the door slamming will pull out your tooth and all our problems will be solved!'

'Well,' I say, 'it does sound a little less painful than hammers or dynamite.' 'Definitely,' says Terry. 'And we can get some string from the tangled-up level. Come on!' He turns to the wise owls. 'Farewell, O wise ones, and thanks for the wise advice!'