complete summary of the poem the first tooth
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Ma Hornby is worried about the fact that her six month old son, Sammy Hornby, has yet no teeth. Ma's worry makes Pa Hornby worry that Sammy will never have teeth. Their concerns change when, away shopping for the day, Ma hears from Sammy's nursemaids that Sammy is a little feverish, which they expect means his first tooth will soon be cutting through. Based on a recent story Ma read, they are afraid that Sammy will go into convulsions, which would endanger Sammy's life. As Ma and Pa stand vigil over Sammy, others around them can't quite understand the fuss, these others including both Sammy's grandfathers, Sammy's nursemaids and Sammy's doctor.
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Through the house what busy joy,
Just because the infant boy
Has a tiny tooth to show!
I have got a double row,
All as white, and all as small;
Yet no one cares for mine at all.
He can say but half a word,
Yet that single sound's preferred
To all the words that I can say
In the longest summer day.
He cannot walk, yet if he put
With mimic motion out his foot,
As if he thought he were advancing,
It's prized more than my best dancing