The Teeth Marathon

A team effort of the students of C class of Axos Primary School

Teacher of the class
Papaventsis Konstantinos

Every year, in the month of November, there is the annual Marathon of Athens. Together with it, there
is also the imaginary ‘Marathon of the Teeth’. 42,195 meters if you please!
The teeth have gathered here today to take part in this difficult race. They are wearing their best
costume of dentine, with their number – unique for each one according to the position they have inside
the mouth. They are getting ready and clean themselves, but…they don’t bite!!! They all believe that at
the end they will be winners.

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They are teeth really trained, teeth up to the bone!

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The dentist – the starter of the race – signals the racing start by
turning on the dental wheel that squeaks loudly! The teeth start running quickly and set off their timers.

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The teeth are getting ready...

In an uphill, they got caught in acid rain (exhaust fumes are plenty in Athens, you know); tooth decay
they call it in their language. They tried to outrun it because they know that tooth decay is bad for the
tooth enamel.
After they passed the hurdle of the tooth decay, the teeth reach the stand with the toothpastes and
toothbrushes. They all get from one and start cleaning themselves as they are running, until they feel
fresh and clean again.

There we go!

On their right, they see a toothy railway. Then, little Canine Tooth says: ‘What do you say? Shall we take
the train to relax a bit?’.
Right away, little Incisor looked down on him by saying: ‘The race is hard, my friend. But we must be
just, and do as we must without cheating!’