Chapters 7-10 Summary

Chapter seven, "Chattery Teeth," is a tale about a pair of novelty teeth that are rescued from a roadside store by a salesman with a sense of humor. The store, Scooter's Grocery and Roadside Zoo, has only one customer other than Bill Hogan, a salesman from Los Angeles. The store is located in the desert in Nevada and is currently shelter in the eye of a nasty sand storm.

The store is operated by Scooter and his wife, Myra. Myra is an impatient woman overly concerned with the zoo's main attraction, Wolf. Scooter, a man suffering from the final stages of cancer, largely ignores his wife.

In addition to Hogan, a young man with the face of a rat is the only one buying anything at the store. Hogan finds a pair of chattery teeth, a novelty item that Hogan's son...