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9) “But you don’t need a toothbrush or
toothpaste to keep your teeth clean,” says
Whitey. “Just look at mine!” He opens his
mouth and shows his sparkling white teeth. “In
our lamily, we clean our teeth like this, with a
piece of rough cloth wrapped around a stick,
Instead of toothpaste, we dip the stick in a mix
ture of salt and baking soda. It works great!”
The child rubs the puppet’s teeth with a stick
wrapped in cloth.
“Maybe you’re right.” says Lolly. “My
grandfather still has perfect teeth and he has
never had a toothbrush. He cleans his teeth
with a powder made of burnt tomlla. on his
finger! He also doesn’t eat sweet things.”
10) Pearl explains, “In our family, we don’t
have toothbrushes either. Instead, we use a
stick like this.” (She shows it.)
“We chew one end. like this, to make a brush,
and sharpen the other end. like this, to clean
between the teeth.” (She reaches up and cleans
her teeth.)
11) “Hurray!” shout the puppets. “Now we
know how to clean our teeth without spending
money on toothbrushes and toothpaste!”
“And don’t forget what my grandfather says,”
adds Lolly. “If you want to keep your teeth
strong and healthy like his, don’t eat a lot of
sweet things or drink sweet, fizzy drinks!”
12) Everyone shouts together