Dental Work

Princess Amelia threw down the mirror and stomped from the room. “Oh, I look terrible,” she moaned. “I can’t believe the ball is tonight! What kind of a princess gets her front tooth knocked out?”

Princess Amelia was not like any other princess. Don’t be mistaken, she loved her princess duties and loved to dress up with fancy dresses and jewelry, but she also adored sword fighting and fencing. It was in one of her fencing challenges that she got her front tooth knocked out by Frederick. Frederick was a knight’s son and he was a nice boy, but lately he seemed determined to do Princess Amelia in. Amelia knew for sure that he had done it on purpose.

Frederick had dashed to her aid when the incident happened to see if she was okay, but Princess Amelia also noticed he was the first to leave when everything settled down. “Oh! I wish I didn’t like him!” thought the young princess.

Frederick didn’t seem to give Princess Amelia the time of day. It was as if they were practically strangers, although they had known each other from birth.

“Your dress is here, your highness,” called Gertrude from the doorway.

“Oh, I can’t even think of the dress. Look at my teeth!” wailed Princess Amelia.

“Don’t worry about that, dear. Your father says he has a royal physician coming to take care of that!” reassured Gertrude.

“There isn’t a thing they can do except fill my mouth with animal teeth!” cried Amelia.

“You won’t be able to tell,” said Gertrude as she rubbed Amelia’s back.