Tooth Fairy Salary.

Saturday morning, I awoke to a face in mine.

Violet's morning breath greeted me with the words,
"The tooth fairy forgot to come last night.
My tooth is still under my pillow."

"Oooooh." I groaned.
"I'm sorry.
I forgot.
I'll see if I can get her to come sometime today."

A disgruntled child headed down the stairs to have breakfast with her father.

Why didn't my brain seem to remember these things lately?

I still have two mouths full of teeth yet to go, too.

Rolling out of bed, I grabbed the tooth fairy's stash

and began rummaging.

But next week's grocery money was in big bills.

"This is my tenth tooth," I remembered her telling me last night,

tooth brush/tooth remover culprit 

in hand.

 "So since it's the tenth, do you think the tooth fairy will

leave me a ten dollar bill?" she grinned knowingly.

"That would be a 'no.' "

I responded.

"Your tooth fairy happens to be on a tight budget."

And so the next avenue of possible tooth money was ransacked,

 hoping this space was not kept on a tight watch by the chest-of-drawer's owner.

Feeling guilt about the oversight,

I headed up into the attic

to dig through one of the gift supply boxes

for a possible gift of apology.

Kippy looked like a good candidate,

 and the funds were prepared for delivery.

But what's this?

Well this is new.

I hope the CD is okay.

I'm not too sure I like doing these kinds of exchanges.

I think the tooth fairy isn't paid enough for this sort of thing.

After all, tooth fairies need a bit more than old teeth and empty CD containers to live on.

How about a trip somewhere,

or a pet horse,

or even a chicken house so she can have fresh eggs?

How about some nice chocolate Valentines

from the $1-bill-stolen-from-the-chest-of-drawers-owner;

or a sweet chocolate kiss

(silver foiled or natural accepted).

Hello?

Oh, well.

Maybe whipping up his favorite meal will work for that one.

I guess this tooth fairy will have to settle for

a one-less-tooth kiss.

Yep.

That'll work.

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