Team8s and Counting

168. The Tooth(less) Task

Sprinkle looked around until he eventually saw Dimey, who was playing with Capy and Bladey near the big slide. Sprinkle ran as fast as he could towards them. "Dimey, Dimey!"

Dimey looked up at his cousin. "Oh, hi Sprinkle!"

Sprinkle shook his head. "You need to come with me."

Dimey tilted his head in confusion. "Why?"

Sprinkle started heading back towards Sack. "I'll show you, just follow me!"

Capy and Bladey stood up, wiping the wood chips off of their legs. "Can we come?" Bladey asked, curious to see what the urgency was.

Sprinkle nodded. "Whatever, just follow me!" Sprinkle ran back towards Sack, who was still fidgeting around with his tooth.

Sack was starting to get visibly frustrated, as his tooth still sat uncomfortably in his mouth. "It still won't come out, Sprinkle!"

Dimey's eyes widened. "Wait, Sack has a loose tooth?"

Sprinkle nodded. "Yeah, and he's too scared to have me pull it out."

"No fair!" Dimey said in frustration. "How come you have your first loose tooth before me!"

"That's what I said!" Sprinkle exclaimed.

Dimey was still confused as to why he was brought over. "So what do you want me to do about it?"

That's when Sprinkle revealed what he thought was a million dollar idea. "Well, Uncle Coiny told me that you punched a kid's tooth out one time, maybe you could do the same to Sack!"

"What?" Sack was starting to quiver.

"Don't do it, Dimey!" Capy interjected. "You're going to get in trouble again."

Bladey nodded in agreement. "You're going to be in big trouble if you knock out the wrong one!"

"I wasn't actually going to do it, chill!" Dimey insisted.

"Oh, come on!" Sprinkle crossed his arms, looking disappointed. "It would've been so cool, though. Like, bam! Tooth gone."

Sack shook his head furiously. "No way! I'm not letting anyone punch me. That's even scarier than you pulling it, Sprinkle!"

"Then what do you want me to do then!" Sprinkle threw his hands in the air, clearly exasperated. "You can't leave it stuck forever, Sack!"

Sack frowned, his hands still fiddling nervously near his mouth. "I don't know, Sprinkle! Maybe I'll just wait until it falls out on its own."

Bladey stepped forward, trying to mediate. "Hey, why don't we try something less scary? My mom told me about tying a piece of string around the tooth and pulling it. It's supposed to work, and it doesn't hurt!"

Sack perked up at the idea. "Really? That sounds... better than punching or yanking."

Dimey nodded, warming to the suggestion. "Yeah, I've seen that in cartoons. You can even tie the string to a door and slam it shut. Boom—problem solved!"

"But what door can we use?" Capy wondered. "It's not like we can go inside before recess is over!"

Sprinkle thought for a minute, and then he thought of another idea. "Guys, follow me!" Sprinkle ran off as fast as he could, and the other kids didn't question as they ran behind him.

"Thread!" Sprinkle called out, as he approached her and her friends. Thread turned around, as she was playing in the sandbox, and saw her cousins and Capy running towards her group.

Sprinkle tried his best to catch his breath as he made it to the sandbox. "Thread! We need your help!"

Thread, slowly with the help of Flare and Bookmark, got herself into her wheelchair. "What do you need."