Tooth Fairy
My son lost a tooth Thursday and wanted to leave it under his pillow for the tooth fairy. Of course, he is 9, going on 30, and he’s not quite convinced the tooth fairy isn’t real, so he’s not taking any chances.
He had already conned me out of $5 by telling me the ice cream man was outside and he had that $5 in his toy safe. So he tucked away his tooth, went to bed, and waited for the payoff. Since I always stay up until the wee hours of the morning, I didn’t worry much about it. Guess what? Lo and behold, I fell asleep early that night. At 5 a.m. my son came running into my bedroom saying the tooth fairy hasn’t been here. I told him to go back to bed, it’s only midnight and I’m sure she is very busy. So I go in search of my purse and I have left it in the car in the garage, which will make noise if I go out there. What do I do? Well, I snagged the $5 from the safe, slid it under the pillow and went back to bed. Friday morning, my son is happy he has his $5 from the tooth fairy and I’m hoping and praying I have $5 in my purse to replace in the safe. So I go out to my car, get another $5 bill and put it in his safe. He then shows me that the $5 from the tooth fairy looks identical to the one in his safe. I told him all $5 bills look alike. He disagrees, and proceeds to show me. He has “bent” the corner of his $5 he put in his safe and it’s an older $5 bill. He runs off to the safe just knowing the tooth fairy is a big thief and finds another $5 in there. He is puzzled, because this is a newer $5 bill. He shows me the backs of the two bills and says one back is bigger than the other (I forgot about the new money). He is confused, how did that happen? So yes, the tooth fairy is a crook, with good intentions, but eager to drive little children with photographic memories insane. The lesson learned here? Keep a secret stash of $1 bills somewhere handy for tooth fairy emergencies. Luckily this is close to the end of the baby teeth.
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