The tooth is out there
‘So what you do, is put your tooth in your slipper, and
leave it for the tooth fairy to come take away in the night’ Rachel explained
to Matthew who had just lost his first milk tooth and was jumping up and down
with excitement at the prospect of earning his first 20p.
Matthew ran upstairs and proudly put the tooth in the
slipper as his mum had instructed. Then,
slipping the slipper under his bed, he made sure that Rex the dog wouldn’t steal
it before the tooth fairy had a chance to collect and leave his little money
treasure.
Rachel smiled to herself as she watched Matthew descend from
the stairs, who was grinning to himself as if he had just completed a very
serious mission.
‘Now remember Matthew, the tooth fairy wont come if you are
not sleeping.’ She made sure he understood, for she knew that with all this excitement
it would be hours before he finally fell asleep.
‘I think I will go to bed early tonight Mommy’ Matthew said ‘can
I have my bath now?’
‘Of course’ Rachel smiled and they both headed upstairs.
At 7.30am the next morning, Rachel’s alarm clock went off
and rolling over, she nudged Peter. ‘Did you remember to put 20p in Matthew’s
slipper last night before you came to bed?’
‘No,’ Peter replied, ‘I thought you were doing it?’
‘Oh no!’ Rachel exclaimed and jumped out of bed hoping that
with any luck he would still be sleeping.
Tiptoeing towards Matthew’s bedroom Rachel could hear him talking to himself. Dread washed over her as she realised how disappointed he would be thinking that the tooth fairy had not remembered him.
Tiptoeing towards Matthew’s bedroom Rachel could hear him talking to himself. Dread washed over her as she realised how disappointed he would be thinking that the tooth fairy had not remembered him.
Slowly she opened the door and peered inside.
Matthew was sat giggling on the bed, happily counting out
his money. Looking up and seeing Rachel he exclaimed ‘Look how much money I got
Mommy!’ and he held up what seemed to amount to £1 worth of change to her.
Puzzled, Rachel opened the door all the way so Peter could
also see and asked ‘Are you sure?’
20 comments:
Aww, love this! If only... :) Thanks for entering!
Thanks for doing the competition. Glad you liked :))
A lovely little piece with a heart-warming ending. Absolutely wonderful, and full of fairy tale charm. Great stuff!
Thank you Cory. I enjoyed writing it. Really looking forward to yours!
Very sweet! And he got a bonus raise :-)
Thank you Meg :) Think Matthew was better off placing all bets on the fairy in future!
What a lovely story, Bernadette with a magical twist at the end. I felt his journey with his little tooth. Enchanting. Wish you all the best with your entry. You rock!
As always, an inspired piece of writing. Heartwarming with a suprise ending . Love it xx
Thank you Jane and Nicky :) Lovely of you both to say :) Once upon a time stories should always have happy endings I think? x
What a cute story! There have been way too many nights when the tooth fairy has just been "too busy" to make it to our house on the first night. ;) (And she always brings £1.)
Awww thank you Moonduster. The tooth fairy once forgot to stop at ours when my son lost one of his teeth. Had to distract him whilst dropping the coin in the shoe the next morning. I'm not sure if he bought my 'tooth fairy was just here! I saw him' story, when he turned his back around.
Very nice bernadette, I had no idea you were such an exceptional writer, wish you the best of luck with your contest.... R.Ch.
Thank you very much R.Ch ....now if you could give me a lil hint as to who you are, I would be ever so grateful. :)
I remember something like that once with M while you were still here. Lovely story Bernadette. love M XX
Precious. Subtle and swift at the end does the trick!
So do I M. In fact, it was that story that prompted me to write this one. xxx
Angela, thank you very much for your comment :)
Super sweet story. Love it!
Thank you Ang!
You've proved me right - see? All you have to do is believe. Lovely, thank you.
Cameron, thank you. That's a lovely thing to say.
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