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Oh, Look! My Tooth Fell Out.
hard. I spat my food on the table with a horrible face
and saw it was red and I found a tooth in it. I was so
happy that I showed it to my mom, my dad, grand-
ma, and my brother. I even kept it with me the whole
day, even at night .The whole day I looked at myself
in the mirror and smiled and laughed. My mom got
annoyed seeing me.
One thing I was really excited about was the
money. I just couldn't stop thinking about the night
when I will be able to put my tooth under the pil-
low and the tooth fairy will give me my money. So,
when the night finally came I put my tooth under
my pillow and tried to sleep smiling. But I was just
so excited that I could not even sleep the whole time.
But at the end I convinced myself saying, “If I don't
close my eyes then how will the tooth fairy come?”
I was around six years old when my first So I closed my eyes smiling but eventually fell into a
tooth fell. I was about to go to the first grade. One deep sleep.
day, I was eating my food then suddenly my tooth In the morning I woke up remembering
started to hurt. I ran to my mom and showed her my my tooth and my money. I looked under my pillow
tooth. She wiggled it and said my tooth was about to and found Rs100. But wait, I wished for a thousand
fall. I was scared that it would hurt and I thought it rupees. I suddenly remembered that my mom said
was never going to grow again. I would be one tooth that if the tooth fairy does not have the same amount
less forever. So, I tried to do everything to save my I wished for then she will give me what she has. So I
tooth. I brushed my teeth till I was tired. It, of course, was totally okay with it. But just then I remembered
did not work. Then I started to be very careful. another thing that my mom said. She said that the
One day my mom said that if my tooth comes tooth fairy will take the tooth and in return she will
out then I can put it under my pillow and the next give us the money. I was so happy that day that I
day there will be money under my pillow. And it smiled the whole day.
would be the amount I wished for. So, I got greedy But now that I have grown up, I asked my
and agreed to take my tooth out. We also tried sever- mom if she was the one who put the money because
al ways to take my tooth out. We tried pulling it with the next time my tooth fell, I did not get any money.
a string. It did not work because I was too scared. She smiled and giggled and I knew that it was her. I
We tried wiggling it but it did not work. My mom also thought that she had thrown my tooth far away
even wiggled it so hard that I almost cried. Nothing because after that instead of the tooth fairy story she
worked. But I got super careful after my mom wig- told me how our tooth will grow fast and strong if
gled it because it was hurting and also I thought I we threw it far away. Sometimes parents tell weird
would swallow it and if I swallowed it, I would not stories to children.
get the money.
It was morning. It was a normal day. I was
eating my chocos as usual. Suddenly I felt something
- Vishalakshi Gurgain
