Just as I suspected, the Tooth Fairy’s daughter did not get to keep her tooth in her mouth until her birthday. Let me tell you how that all came about.
The Tooth Fairy, in her normal day disguise, and the family went to a birthday party. It was not the party of a six-year-old, but rather, a birthday party for two seventy-year-olds. That makes one hundred and forty years (if you’re counting). I guess if you can’t choose your own birthday to pull a tooth, a one-hundred-and-forty-year birthday celebration is even better!
Looking in her daughter’s mouth, her mom thought the tooth should be extracted. The new tooth was already shining and trying to push the old tooth out. It was then that the Tooth Fairy (in disguise as the girl’s mother) went into action. After giving her daughter the chance to pull it, the Tooth Fairy took over, reached in and jerked out the offensive ivory. Voilá! It was out in a flash.
Now, as you may have deducted from my last story, I know the Tooth Fairy and she is quite the frugal tight wad, or a conservative spender if you prefer. When the little girl got home, she put the tooth under her pillow. The first thing in the morning, she checked to see if her tooth was missing. It was! And in its place was – guess what? – yep – a one dollar bill. What ever happened to inflation? I guess that’s better than the .25 cents I got as a kid.
That little girl was so excited. When she retold the story to me, she said, “And guess what I got. A ONE – DOLLAR – BILL! I know the Tooth Fairy is real!” You would have thought she was given a million bucks.
I told her to keep the tooth and show it to her mom and dad and grandparents and she just might get some money from them, too. Alas! Her tooth is no more. The Tooth Fairy took it. The Tooth Fairy might be cheap, but she is smart. She knew her daughter might try to cash in again.
So, if any of you have doubts about the reality of the Tooth Fairy, I have on good account from a five-year-old, soon to be six-year-old, that she is real. And that little girl knows, because the Tooth Fairy paid off!