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  First Chronicle Books LLC edition published in the United States of America in 2018.

  Originally published in Japan in 1984 by KAISEI-SHA Publishing Co., Ltd. under the title Wanisan Doki’ Haishasan Doki.’

  Copyright © 1984 by Taro Gomi.

  English translation copyright © 2018 by Chronicle Books LLC.

  English translation rights arranged with KAISEI-SHA Publishing Co., Ltd. through Japan Foreign-Rights Centre.

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

  ISBN 978-1-4521-7028-2 (hc)

  ISBN 978-1-4521-7047-3 (epub2)

  ISBN 978-1-4521-7349-8 (epub3)

  ISBN 978-1-4521-7350-4 (epib)

  ISBN 978-1-4521-7348-1 (kindle)

  Typeset in Steagal Rough.

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  I really don’t want to . . .

  . . . but I have to.

  I really don’t want to, but I have to.

  Ah!

  Ah!

  Must I?

  Must I?

  I’m scared . . .

  I’m scared . . .

  But I should be brave.

  But I should be brave.

  I’m ready for the worst!

  I’m ready for the worst!

  Ouch!

  Ouch!

  What an awful thing to do!

  What an awful thing to do!

  There’s no use getting angry.

  There’s no use getting angry.

  Just a little longer . . .

  Just a little longer . . .

  Whew . . .

  Whew . . .

  Thank you so much. See you again next year!

  Thank you so much. See you again next year!

  I don’t want to see him again!

  I don’t want to see him again!

  So I must remember to brush my teeth!

  So you must remember to brush your teeth!

  Taro Gomi is a well-known author and illustrator who has created more than 400 books for readers of all ages, including My Friends, Little Truck, Little Boat, I Know Numbers!, Presents Through the Window, and I Really Want to See You, Grandma. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

 

 

  Taro Gomi, The Crocodile and the Dentist

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