Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right,
I flashed it about late at night,
But up-and-down brushin’
And pokin’ and fussin’
Didn’t seem worth the time- I could bite!

Paraphrase: The poet says that she did brush her teeth properly. She even tried to make them shining even late at night. But these up and down actions of the tooth-brush and her checking them carefully didn’t produce the desired results. The time that she spent on all these things was much less and not worthwhile than the time she spent on eating sweets and licking lollies and candies.

(a) Did she brush her teeth properly?

(b) Did her brushing give her the desired results? If not, why?

(c) How did she damage her teeth?