God's Teeth

Does religion lack bite?
A humorous story of growing up in 1930s Lapland.

STORY

God's Teeth takes place in 1930s Lapland. Juha's confirmation class is interrupted when a van arrives at a churchyard in a remote village. To his horror, it contains a dentist's office. All the youngsters in the village are to get false teeth as a confirmation gift. Thus, their own teeth will have to be pulled out. Juha runs away after seeing his friends in pain, but he doesn't get far. Getting false teeth seems inevitable until higher powers intervene.