Brush their teeth? They had to brush their teeth? Olly guessed it made sense. If he had to brush his teeth every day then so did the crups. It just seemed like a lot of work, and not something the crups would be happy about. But he would do his best to try to make it work. Olly but the brush back into the bin and found the toothbrush and the toothpaste. He squeezed just a bit out onto the toothbrush, except maybe it was just a bit more than he had meant. It was supposed to be about the size of a pea? Well his was about the size of a jellybean. Oh well it was okay. More should be even better, right?

Now came the hard part. He had to get his crup to sit still and allow himself to have his teeth brushed. Olly stared right into the crup's eyes. "Okay Henry, I'm going to brush your teeth now. It's good for you and your breath will be minty when we're done so just let me do it, okay?" He stared at Henry for a few more seconds before moving the tooth brush toward his face. He did not open his mouth. Of course not, that would have been too easy. So Olly took his other hand and used it to try to open Henry's mouth for him. Except he did not like that so much and snapped with his teeth. Fortunately, Olly was able to jerk his hand away in time to avoid being bitten. He glared at Henry.

"Hey, don't do that, that's not nice. I'm not going to hurt you okay? Just let me brush your teeth." He reached slowly toward Henry's mouth and used his thumb to gently pull up the skin around his mouth. So far it was going okay. He was able to brush that side of the mouth, and then he did the same for the other. But all he had done was brush the outside, and that wasn't good enough. He had to get the other side of the teeth and the bottom. That was how he brushed his own teeth. He had to make sure that the crup's teeth were brushed just as good as he brushed his own teeth. Except now was the hard part where he had to actually get Henry to open his mouth.

He moved his hands slowly so as not to startle Henry. When he got close, the crup spun and tried to run in the opposite direction. Olly quickly grabbed him and pulled him back. "Stay here," he said firmly. Henry stared at him and cocked his head to the side. His eyes fixed on the toothbrush as Olly moved it closer to his mouth. Henry's tale started to swish against the ground. Again Olly moved his hand slowly toward Henry's mouth and gently reached inside. He prodded it open and held his hand there to keep it open. Henry's tail was still wagging. While he had the chance Olly quickly brushed the sides and bottom and back of Henry's teeth. Then he removed his hand and held up his wand. "Aguamenti." That rinsed Henry's mouth out nicely.

"Good boy!" He patted Henry's head and scratched behind his ears. The crup's tail wagged even faster. When Olly tried to move his hand away, Henry shoved his head back against his hand. So Olly kept petting him as he waited for the next part of the lesson.