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rtA««.+ la * dy i? Ook u h - er • to »'-year-old son to 4he family dentist to have his -teeth attended to. The dentist oH? f t m t U * Cay S y ' so the lady seated herself iiji the chair, took Master Tom on her lap, and the operation began. The burr had no sooner touched the^ tootK
than -■ the child began to scream. At- the end of fifteen minutes, when the mother released her hold upon the child, she was deathly pale, while the. dentist wiped great, beads of -perspiration from his brow. Tom, however, fairly Swaggered across the room. ' That didn't hurt,' he boasted, with a broad smile. •- Then why did you scream so ? ' cried the exasperated mother. -' * Because I was afraid it was going to,' explained .'Tom.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 37
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132IN ANTICIPATION New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 37
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