Operation milktooth E-Book

Jaana Tolonen

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 42

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

In this story you get to know who collects - and why - children's fallen milkteeth, and where they end up to. A seven-year-old boy named Jason Mills with Betty the Pine Beetle flies to the homeland`s of the tooth trolls aka Geonogs and the tooth fairies aka Ferryetas.

Leseprobe

This story is meant for those who have either

willingly or

reluctantly dropped their milk teeth

A seven-year-old boy named Jason Mills rode his bicycle at a terrific speed along a forest road. The gap-toothed boy grinned widely, fascinated by the rapid motion. He passed trees in great haste, and pine cones bounced up into the air from under his rear wheel. Jason stopped his bicycle by skidding it next to a fallen tree trunk to have a rest. He took a sip from his soda pop.

While standing there, he noticed twisty patterns on the side of the trunk, and one of them seemed a bit familiar. It looked like a tooth. Next to the pattern, there was a beetle with a shiny back. It waved its front legs to Jason. He was amused by the little conductor's show and, while watching its bustling, he instinctively rubbed his cheek, thus provoking a toothache behind it.

It was late, and Jason started to pedal back home. After dinner, he scrambled into his bed but heard the whine of a mosquito. He grabbed a bug swatter and tried to find the source of the noise so that he could annihilate it. However, the noise could be heard no longer nor could the mosquito be seen. Jason dropped the swatter, which had become unnecessary, on the floor next to his bed.

While Jason’s mother was tucking him into bed, she asked if he had brushed his teeth properly. He lied that he had. After a good-night kiss, he turned to his side under his duvet and fell fast asleep.

In the middle of the night, Jason woke up to a tremendous toothache. He cried out of pain so loud that he woke up the whole Mills family: mother Scarlett, father Jeremy and little sister Nena. The young man seemed to be truly uncomfortable at the time. He scratched at his mosquito bites, which proved his earlier failure. His mother had no other choice than make an appointment with a dentist, Diamond Drill.

The dentist found two large cavities in Jason's tooth. They had to be filled immediately so that the infection would not spread any further. The concerned lady dentist pointed out that Jason had not taken proper care of his teeth. Brushing them had been poor and inconsistent. The friendly and understanding dentist suggested, “How about our anaesthetizing the tooth so that it will be easier to treat it?”

Trustfully, Jason relaxed in the dentist's chair and fell into deep sleep. The dentist took appropriate action for treating the tooth.

In a moment, Jason felt as if someone were shaking him. He opened his eyes and saw through his foggy vision a blueish beetle in front of him. The beetle looked exactly like the one he had stumbled on at the tree trunk the day before. Jason realised he was sitting high on a pine branch and was the same size as the beetle. The beetle shook the boy, grabbing his shoulders and repeating the question, “Didn’t you understand the message I wrote to you?”

Jason's vision was still blurred and he tried to focus his eyes on the beetle, asking, “What do you mean? Who are you? I don’t read that well yet.”

The beetle said, “Well, stand up and I’ll explain it to you. I’ve been worried about you because you haven’t brushed your teeth. Your teeth are full of cavities and terribly unclean. Do you want dentures at your young age?”

At last, Jason woke up properly and stood up quickly, “What on earth? Who are you?”

The beetle explained, “My name is Betty the Pine Beetle, and I live in a pine tree. I'm a professional printer. I carve figures on pine trees and, after the work is done, I head for the next tree. I want to tell and show you the true story about the secrets that exist in the forest and in nature. That will make clear the importance of the milk tooth operation and how valuable it is in the life cycles of forest creatures. I’d like to help you understand the importance of keeping your teeth clean.

Perhaps you have admired and wondered at the sparkling of snow, the shimmering of morning dew and the glittering of water surface. Have you ever thought what caused them? Or where have all your milk teeth gone? I have been watching the bustling of my friends at close distance all my life. These friends of mine are called Ferryetas and Geonogs. We are going to visit them. Then you’ll get answers to all of your questions.”

Before Jason was able to say even one word, a magpie landed on the branch, and several weird-looking creatures jumped off its back. Betty pushed Jason under a leaf and herself walked to the creatures. Jason did not hear what they were talking about but he understood from their body language that it was not a friendly conversation. In a moment, Betty was gone and so was the magpie with its riders.