But she started up the kitchen fire and got me a hot-water bottle and it stopped the toothache . As soon as I felt better I told Susan my poetry was n't trash and she was n't any judge . And she said no , thank goodness she was not and she did not know anything about poetry except that it was mostly a lot of lies . Now you know , Faith , that is n't so . That is one reason why I like writing poetry -- you can say so many things in it that are true in poetry but would n't be true in prose . I told Susan so , but she said to stop my jawing and go to sleep before the water got cold , or she 'd leave me to see if rhyming would cure toothache , and she hoped it would be a lesson to me . '' `` Why do n't you go to the dentist at Lowbridge and get the tooth out ? '' Walter shivered again . `` They want me to -- but I ca n't . It would hurt so . '' `` Are you afraid of a little pain ? '' asked Faith contemptuously . Walter flushed . `` It would be a BIG pain . I hate being hurt . Father said he would n't insist on my going -- he 'd wait until I 'd made up my own mind to go . '' `` It would n't hurt as long as the toothache , '' argued Faith , `` You 've had five spells of toothache . If you 'd just go and have it out there 'd be no more bad nights . I had a tooth out once . I yelled for a moment , but it was all over then -- only the bleeding . ''
`` The bleeding is worst XXXXX all -- it 's so ugly , '' cried Walter .
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