Priyanka’s Missing Tooth

Ting tong.

“Piyu, please get the door,” shouted Mummy.

Little Priyanka jumped off the couch. She somehow balanced the tub of strawberry ice-cream and ran to the door. “Hi Suchi Mausi,” she mumbled, pushing a large dollop into her mouth.

“Piyu, why are you eating ice-cream in this cold weather?”

Priyanka opened her mouth and giggled. There was a glaring black hole, smack in the middle of the top row of her teeth.

“Oh, you lost a tooth.”

Priyanka nodded proudly and hopped back on the couch. “I didn’t...