Saturday, October 07, 2006

Tooth Fairy

Setting: Burger King, Home of the Whopper

Characters: mother, father, 6yrold girl

Action: Family is happily eating, relaxing from a busy day of shopping.

Girl: My tooth!!!!!!!!!! [screams, holds out bottom front tooth that had been loose]

Mother: What? [puts tooth in napkin] Oh, sweetie! How exciting! Now the tooth fairy will leave you a dollar!

Girl: Is it bleeding? [crying]

Father: Calm down, honey. No it's not bleeding.

Girl: Can I go look at it?

Mother: [nods] Come over here so I can give you a hug.

Girl: [goes to bathroom, looks at self in mirror, returns to table] I'm not hungry anymore.

~fade out~


Yes, DD lost her first tooth today. We were so surprised because we were just sitting there eating, talking about nothing in particular, and suddenly she screams that her tooth is out and hands it to me. I can't believe she's old enough to lose a tooth. Time flies.

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