Friday, August 28, 2009

The missing tooth and the tooth fairy

I'll never forget the time that Ross came back from having a playdate at Ivor's house. He'd had such a great time but yet he looked preoccupied with worry. I asked him what was wrong and he told me that he had been playing in Ivor's basement when Ivor had accidentally punched him out and that his tooth had accidentally fallen out. And he was okay he'd said, only he'd lost the tooth and it was somewhere in his friend's basement. They had looked everywhere but they couldn't find it anywhere, and he was worried that he would not get that special visit from the tooth fairy if he couldn't provide the missing tooth. Ivor's mom had even promised to put off vacuuming for a few days in case the tooth were to turn up. The tooth never did turn up, so we surmised that the tooth fairy had found it after all. So one morning, Ross discovered a gold coin under his pillow, and was sure that this was proof of the special visit he'd been waiting for.

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