9. Swish and Spit

9 Swish and Spit "Okay," I said after we started the new chapter, "what's the good news?" "The good news," Dr. Floss replied, "is that an elephant is not going to charge in here and sit on you." What?! That's good news? It never even occurred to me that an elephant would sit on me.

"What's the bad news?" I asked. "As I suspected," said Dr. Floss, "one of your teeth has a tiny cavity in it." "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I shrieked. "Not that! My life is over!" "One little cavity isn't a big deal, A.J.," she told me. "I can fix that in a jiffy." "You're going to put my tooth in peanut butter?" I asked. "No, silly," she told me. "I'll clean out the cavity and put a filling in the tooth to fill the hole." "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" I shouted. That sounded horrible. I tried to make a run for it, but the seat belt held me back. "Lots of kids are afraid of the dentist," Dr. Floss told me, pulling something out of her drawer. "But I know just the thing that will help you, A.J. Let me just put this mask on." "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" I shouted.

"Murderers always wear masks!" "You wear the mask," she said putting this clear plastic thing over my nose. "This will relax you." "What is it?" I asked. "I'm going to give you some nitrous oxide," Dr. Floss replied. That sounded scary. "Don't be frightened," Dr. Floss said. "It's

called laughing gas." Laughing gas, eh? Well, I'm not going to laugh. No way. Nobody tells me when to laugh. I felt a little weird. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha-! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-haha- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"*

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"Okay," said Dr. Floss, sticking this curvy metal thing into my mouth. "It's time for Mr. Thirsty, the sucking question mark." "Not Mr. Thirsty!" I shouted. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" "You're doing fine, A.J.," said Dr. Floss. "Now I just need to drill into that cavity a little." "Not the drill!" I shouted. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-help!" Dr. Floss stuck something in my mouth that buzzed and vibrated my whole head. It felt weird, but it didn't hurt. Actually it was kind of fun. "Now I'm going to put the filling in," Dr. Floss told me. "Can I have chocolate filling?" I asked. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" "We're just about done, A.J.," she said. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" I said.