Taffy was still nuzzling her hand when Professor Draper gave them the next set of instructions. Brush the crup's teeth? That shouldn't be too difficult. She jotted it down quickly on her note paper for future reference, grabbed the little gold-coloured toothbrush, and turned back toward Taffy. He stopped nuzzling her and instead backed away, standing further away from her than he had the entire lesson. Bethany didn't really know what to think. Was he scared? She pet his head a bit, hoping it would calm him down enough for her to actually get a bit of toothpaste onto the brush. "Calm down Taffy, I promise this doesn't hurt." She said, scratching behind his ears. It seemed to have worked a bit and the little crup had let his guard down. She picked him up gently as to not startle the poor thing more than he already was, and placed him onto his back.

Now for the toothpaste.

She picked the brush back up and quickly applied the toothpaste, she didn't have much time before Taffy would start to get restless again. Using her left hand she slowly opened the crup's mouth, while the right inched toward his teeth with the brush, please don't bite me, please don't bite me, please don't bite me . As soon as his mouth was open wide enough, Bethany put the brush to the back of his mouth and began brushing. She noticed the crup was beginning to squirm around, "Shh Taffy, it's okay, I promise this is for your own good...and for the health of your teeth." Nobody wants unhealthy teeth. When she had finished brushing Taffy's gums and teeth thoroughly she left out a sigh of relief. Regardless of her slightly damp robes and the streak of toothpaste on her cheek she patted Taffy's head, "See, that wasn't too hard buddy."