Who knew?
As the oldest of seven children I lost my baby teeth first. The first one was loose for a long time. I rather enjoyed wiggling it with my tongue. Eventually it fell out. I tossed it in the trash.
The next one came out when I was eating a popcorn ball. I did not notice until much later. You know what that means. I had also swallowed my tooth.
Another tooth had come out without fanfare. I tossed it too.
Then my brother lost his first tooth.
He came home from school with his tooth in his pocket. He asked Mom if he put the tooth under his pillow would the Tooth Fairy come.
My ears perked up and my eyes opened wide. I had never heard of this Tooth Fairy. If my brother was right placing his tooth under his pillow would bring the Tooth Fairy. She would exchange the tooth for money. Who knew?
The next morning my brother triumphantly showed us the nickel left by the Tooth Fairy. It worked!
In the meantime I had lost three perfectly good teeth and had nothing to show for it. I WAS ROBBED!
That's how it is, older siblings have their positives and negatives.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful story!!
Be well Emma, you brought back many beautiful memories.
Have a nice weekend my friend!!
Thank you for understanding the dynamics of a large family. We older children often do not know about things others find to be everyday.
DeleteYou and your brother were both robbed, Emma, as five cents seems like a small sum from the tooth fairy. I can't recall leaving a tooth and there's no parent left other than ask, but hopefully the renumeration was at least a quarter 😏
ReplyDeleteThis was in the early 50's A nnickel was a huge amount to us.
DeleteI thnk I remember getting a quarter for each tooth. The subject that really did me in was Santa Claus. I believed in him untl I was in the fourth grade just because my parents continued the ruse. One day at school a mean second-grade girl argued me into reality. I remember not trusting my parents for a long time afterward.
ReplyDeleteWe told our children Santa Claus was just fun make-believe but when our oldest boy went to kindergarten at 5, he came home convinced by his new friends that Santa was real, and he convinced his little brother and sister as well. What a strange family we were for a while.
Of course Santa is real! He has brought me a box of chocolate cherries every Christmas for my whole life.
DeleteHaha you have wonderful way with humour dear Emma 😊👌
ReplyDeleteI could just imagine how bad you would have felt 😅
Nicely put wow
Somebody could have informed me about the Tooth Fairy. I had no idea.
DeleteA fairy of another kind—such wonder!
ReplyDeleteI shall tell Alice, and her joy will be a sight I cherish