An apple a day does not keep the dentist away

I usually don't have anything against dentists, or dentist's offices, or people with white pieces of cloth covering their faces violating my mouth, but this morning I noticed something that literally gave me the creeps. I've never had any cavities, so my visits to the dentist have always been rather innocent affairs. My appointment was at 8:30 this morning, and the assistant welcomed me happily, asking me what I was up to now, and how my grandma was, and all sorts of nice trivial questions while taking the x-rays of my mouth. Then, she led me into the dentist's office. I've had the same dentist for... forever, really. So, she too knows who I am (that's what you get when you live in a tiny place like Jølster), so she conducted a similar inquiry, and I happily told her about university, and my Christmas plans, and everything else that would serve as answers to her questions. Eventually I sat myself down in the notorious chair, opening my mouth to provide her with access to my teeth and gums and whatever she was planning on looking at in there. Then I saw... IT. I'd turned my head slightly to look out the window while she was fiddling around with her instruments, and noticed a bunch of hand puppets sitting nicely lined up in the window sill. There were dogs, and cats, and all sorts of animals, which obviously was charming enough, BUT. Yes, there's always a but. The hand puppets, the lovely adorable little animals, had teeth. And not normal animal fangs, but HUMAN TEETH. Artificial teeth, sown into the mouths of the hand puppets! What on earth? I do understand that funny looking hand puppets have a soothing effect on petrified little children, but had I been presented with an animal hand puppet with teeth similar to those of my grandma, I would've just freaked out even more. That's my point of view anyway. What do you think?

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