I listened to my messages on my way to pick up Scout from school.
One said, “Hello Mrs. Denison….this is Carol from the nurses office at Scout’s school. Don’t be alarmed….Scout is okay, but I am just calling to inform you that Scout lost a tooth. It is a bit bloody, but he seems fine. I just felt like you needed to be notified because a girl kicked it out at recess.”
Are you kidding me!
Seriously!
When I picked up this boy, he was grinning from ear to ear without his two front teeth.
This time it was a second grader named “Nora”. I was annoyed he was playing boys vs. girls again, but he told me that he wasn’t! He was actually just playing chase. And there was a boys team and a girls team. (HUH?) Anyway, Nora was coming down the “twisty thing” and he was at the bottom, and when he tried to tag her, she started kicking. And when she kicked, he got tagged in the mouth - and his tooth went flying. And when he went to find it, it was lost in the sand. I asked him if had learned his lesson by now. According to him he did, but will still engage in the really fun chasing games at recess.
THat night, he was really concerned about the tooth fairy, because he didn’t have his tooth.
(And he was really upset about the fact that “knocked out teeth” get $6.00 from the Tooth Fairy — A deal she made when she was sure that getting teeth knocked out was a rarity.)
His note said, “”Mrs. Tooth Fairy, I lost my tooth but it fell in the sand. A girl kicked it out. I hope you give me money or candy. Please give me money or candy.”
The next morning, he received $2.00 and this note.
“Dear Scout, I am sorry to hear you got another tooth knocked out by a girl. I think you need to learn the art of dodging. I can’t give you $6 for getting a tooth knocked out because I don’t have your tooth for my jewelry line. Here is $2. Love, T.F.”
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So that is where all of the teeth go.
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