The Dentist Pulled My Tooth Out

The dentist pulled my tooth out
and he thought it was such fun
he grabbed his pliers
and dental pryers
and pulled another one.

"Yippee! Hooray! What awesome fun!"
he shouted out with glee.
He grinned a grin
then went back in
and pulled out number three.

Then number four and number five
and numbers six and seven
were followed by
a cheerful cry
Of "Eight! Nine! Ten! Eleven!"

He took a few more from the top
and some from underneath,
he yanked them fast
until at last
he'd pulled out all my teeth.

Without my teeth I cannot chew;
I just eat soup and mush.
But don't be sad
I'm kind of glad--
I'll never have to brush!

--Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2001 Kenn Nesbitt
All Rights Reserved

This poem appears in the book The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!.

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	On Aug 13, 2008 cathy from australia wrote: this is good but will hert it!
	On Jul 31, 2008 Charvi from Marble Arch School wrote: You are my favourite poet Kenn!!!!!!!!!
	On Jul 16, 2008 Rosie from Newzealand wrote: This poem is very funny and made me giggle
	On Jul 15, 2008 riobin from QWEENS LAND wrote: this is really funny poem this is my beast poem hahahahhahahahaha
	On Jul 14, 2008 Chloe from Singapore wrote: This poem is not really very funny...... I can't believe that i never laughed a bit!

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