One Of These Days

Originally published in 1962 - Aurelio Escovar is introduced like a poor dentist who doesn’t have too much experience in the ambit of dental practice. He has a very old office and he is not an especial man.

One morning, He was polishing a false teeth. In that moment the Mayor of the town arrives suffering.He had an intensive pain because of a wisdom tooth.First the dentist refuses too see him, he was too busy polishing the false teeth but after a few minutes the Mayor threatens to shoot the him. This man was suffering for more than 5 days and he was desperate. The dental practitioner accept to pull out the wisdom tooth of the Mayor but he has to be without anesthesia. When everything was ready the dentist ask the Mayor if he has to send the bill to him or to the town and the Mayor answers “It’s the same damn thing”.