[00:00.49]Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
[00:06.38]My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
[00:12.31]I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.
[00:17.43]He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
[00:24.35]He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.
[00:30.19]In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
[00:36.08]Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
[00:42.51]I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.
[00:46.77]When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth,
[00:51.58]I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.