Afraid that it will hurt and that she will not be able to sail to Buck’s Harbor with her dad, Sal becomes distressed but is reassured by mom that a loose tooth is just one of many childhood passages to becoming a grownup. Sal wakes up one morning to discover she has a loose tooth. To this day I still cringe when I hear a door slam. Annie would like to make me sweat and enjoyed giving it a couple of practice runs not enough force to yank out the tooth, but enough to draw blood. Sometimes he would let my sister do the honors. Standing a good couple of paces from the open door, anxiety would build while I wait for the door to slam and set in motion a chain of events that would send my tooth flying through the air. My dad would tie one end of the string around the loose tooth and the other end to a doorknob. There was a time-honored tradition in our family whenever my sister and I had a loose tooth.
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