A Pinch of Sugar
17 Jun 2009
My 6-year-old nephew was enjoying himself with the spread of scrumptious food in front of him, when joy turned into a mini crisis. His sudden cries shook our table and all of us turned our heads to see him crumbling into a pool of tears, when one second before he was still happily tucking into his food.
He had accidentally bitten on the steel fork which poked into his gum. Incidentally, the tooth that was affected was already shaking and threatening to come out since that morning – double whammy!
Kicking his feet and flailing his arms, my nephew screamed with pain, and tears gushed out as he cried endlessly. My cousin, his mother, was doing her best to console him, but nothing seemed to work. My sister and I were shocked, and as much as our brains were reeling to find a solution, they seemed to have gone for a short vacation – nothing came out.
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