Chapter 21: Teething

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It was a beautiful afternoon at the MLI. Fish were swimming in the tank while people took pictures of them. Dory was playing with her shells, when her mouth started to hurt. The poor fry whined a bit. Then, her mouth started hurting a lot. She cried and fussed.

Her parents quickly swam over to her.

"Sweetie, what's wrong?" Jenny asked.

Dory continued to cry in pain.

Charlie noticed that she was in pain. "Shh, honey, it's okay."

He turned to Jenny. "Jenny, Dory is in pain."

"Oh, my poor baby." She was concerned for Dory.

She then saw something in Dory's mouth. "Honey, open your mouth, please."

Dory opened her mouth.

Jenny gasped. It was a tooth starting to come in.

"Charlie! A tooth is starting to come in!" she exclaimed.

"Wow! She's going to have her first tooth soon."

Jenny smiled. "I'll get the teether." She swam away. She grabbed the coral teether and swam back.

"Okay, Dory, I need you to bite down on this," Jenny said.

Dory bit down on it. She felt better.

"Are you better, sweetie? Hmm?" Jenny asked.

The fry nodded. She teethed on the teether.

"Honey, she's starting to teethe," Charlie stated.

"Yeah, her tooth is coming in," Jenny replied.

"I'll make lunch." Charlie swam away to prepare lunch.

Later, the small family ate their lunch. Dory only ate a little bit. She was still teething.

"She's still teething," Charlie said.

"Maybe she'll stop by night time," Jenny replied.

After lunch, Dory played in the sand. She stopped for a minute to teethe.

Jenny watched Dory while Charlie took a nap.

Dory saw her father sleeping. She swam over to him. Dory cooed to him.

Charlie woke up. He saw his daughter. "Hey, Kelpcake." He picked her up and kissed her.

"Dada!" Dory exclaimed.

Jenny giggled as she swam over to them.

"Did you have a nice nap, honey?" she asked.

"Yeah, it was nice. Did her tooth come in yet?"

"No, not yet. It should be coming soon though."

A month had passed. Dory was not teething as much anymore, but she still teethed.

It was morning time. Jenny and Charlie swam over to her shell crib to get her for breakfast. Jenny softly stroked her.

Dory woke up and yawned hugely.

Jenny and Charlie gasped.

"Charlie, I saw something in her mouth! Did her tooth come in?"

"I don't know. Dory, open your mouth, please."

Dory opened her mouth. Her first tooth came in.

"Honey! She has her first tooth!" Jenny exclaimed happily.

Charlie smiled. "She sure does."

Jenny picked her up and rocked her. "You have your first tooth, sweetie."

Dory smiled at her mother. Her tooth showed in her smile.

"Mama," Dory cooed.

Jenny kissed her affectionately. "Let's have breakfast."

They swam away. Jenny and Charlie was happy that she had her first tooth.