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The Tooth,
The Whole
Tooth, and
Nothing But
the Tooth
By: Cynthia Goodman
To us adults, los- ice cream, pudding,
ing a tooth is scary. and jello. Lailee knew
The mind cannot stay that with crunchy food
away from toothless swallowing whole was
witches, beggars, and not the way to lose a
the overwhelming tooth. Well, for sure,
dental costs. We hope- how many adults do
fully try to protect our get “squeamish” about
teeth from any kind of swallowing the poten-
fall. But for kids, there tial bones in canned
is even more at stake. salmon croquettes and
Three seemingly in- loafs? Then there’s
surmountable ques- peanut butter sand-
tions are: how will the wiches, but you might
tooth come out, how as well go to a dentist
will the tooth fairy get and get it pulled, or
it, and how will mon- use the string and door
ey be received for the fable.
sacrifice of the tooth?
Days went by and
Our daughter Lailee fears began to mount
had a wiggly tooth, about would the tooth
and in every mirror, in really come out, or
every spare moment, was that a joke, and
she was amazed at will the tooth fairy re-
how it wiggled. Why ally come, or was that
not, kids and move- a joke. We decided to
ment, they are a team. keep both ideas in the
The roadblock came same trench, for now.
with the apple…and
the carrots…and what- The upcoming tooth
ever else is healthy event prompted a lot
to eat—which leaves of contemplation and
the squishy stuff like learning. The value of
114th Edition 29th November 2016
a tooth to a tooth fairy cided, ahead of time, good tooth substitute. for each year of her
seems to have gone up that she will provide a It will work, it will be precious candor. It al-
these days with every- clean pillow case-- so fine, and we tried to ways pays to be hon-
thing else. How does the fairy will smile, a convince her—to no est.
the good fairy know nightlight-- so there avail.
if that potential tooth will be no mistak- About The Author
will bring in $1, or ing as to who lost the Our luck, and to her Cynthia Goodman is
more? This is truly a tooth, and a gift beside credit, Lailee decided a a seasoned educator,
ponderous decision to the bed of (not candy last resort was to write counselor, writer and
make…thinking about or cookies) a wind up a note to explain her- artist. Although she
the succession of teeth toy to make sure the self to the tooth fairy, holds a Master’s De-
(are there 25 or 32), fairy will be in a good and leave it under the gree in Education and
and the total expendi- mood for giving. pillow. Later during Counseling, she finds
tures, or collections— the night we retrieved the most amazing and
whichever side you are One day Lailee came the note that said: complex education is
on. We decided ahead home with a gap and Dear Tooth Fairy. I am the one she receives
of time to low ball at a wail. The tooth was sorry this is a seed. My everyday from her re-
$2.00 just to be over a goner. It bounced friend Justin knocked lationships. She writes
the cheep $1.00 mark. onto the playground at out my tooth at recess, for this kid-friendly
recess and now there and I couldn’t find it. website: http://www.
For Lailee, there was was no evidence for Please leave the mon- familyfuncartoons.
an insistence on pre- the fairy. This was a ey. com
planning. This was a tragedy…but as the The author invites you
good use of cause and sunny day provided a With that we had to to visit:
effect as to how the pil- beam of light stream- leave her a calling http://www.familyfun-
low on top of the tooth ing through the glass card back, complete cartoons.com
will manage to protect door, and revealing with picture, which
the tooth but not pre- an orange seed on the read, “Hey Lailee, no Article Source:
vent the fairy from floor--a bit battered by Sweat, saw it all hap- http://www.articlecity.
finding it and leaving the cats--miraculous- pen and we’re cool” com/articles/humor/
the treasure. Lailee de- ly, we knew we had a T.F. and $7.00—one article_349.shtml
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