I just got an email from my friend Kimberly in which she said she had enjoyed my post about the Tooth Fairy. Which is weird, because I remember attempting to post some correspondence from the Tooth Fairy (who, as you will read, is a close personal friend of my daughters) but there was something I didn’t like about the formatting so I took the post down. As far as I recall I never put it back up, so Kimberly must have seen it in the two minutes I had it up.

Anyway, if Kimberly liked it, perhaps others will as well, so here it is again. Permanently, this time:

Dear K,

Congratulations on your second tooth falling out, K! I heard it come out down in Fairyland (I have tiny but excellent ears) and I was awfully worried that you would lose the tooth down the drain but you didn’t. I’m so glad! I want you to know, though, that even if you had lost your precious tooth down the drain, I still would have found it and given you something for it.

I must say that your teeth (and those of your sister, E) look really clean. I think you must be brushing them well, and going to the dentist regularly. In fact, the tooth you lost today looks so clean that I would not be at all surprised to learn that you went to the dentist today, and had your teeth cleaned! I’m so happy when I see such nice teeth! It makes me very sad when children do not look after their teeth. How would they eat corn on the cob if they had no teeth?

You girls sure ask a lot of great questions. I think that’s wonderful! It tells me that you are both curious and smart. I hope I can answer them okay:

Q. Did you ever have any loose teeth?

A. Oh yes, I lost all my baby teeth over four hundred years ago.

Q. When you lost them, did you take them?

A. That’s funny! I wasn’t the Tooth Fairy when I was just a little baby fairy. My mommy was the Tooth Fairy then! So she took my teeth.

Q. Do you live in the forest behind our house?

A. No, I live in Fairy Land, which is far away. The fairies in the forest behind your house are my second cousins. They are the fairies of the forest, and we always have lots of fun whenever we visit one another.

Q. What do you do with your wand?

A. My wand helps me fly super fast from Fairy Land to childrens’ houses. I also use it to stir my coffee, and to protect me from bad dogs and cats.

Q. Do you use the toothbrush I gave you?

A. Oh yes! It’s too big for my mouth, of course, so I use it to brush my pet unicorn’s teeth. She absolutely adores it, especially coming from you! She knows you girls love unicorns.

Q. Did you like the candy canes?

A. Yes, but I’m taking my time eating them, because candy canes have a LOT of sugar in them, which isn’t really great for teeth. But you have to have a treat now and then.

Q. What did you get for Christmas?

A. Mr. And Mrs. Santa Claus are good friends of mine, and they know that I don’t really need much for Christmas, but Santa is such a kind soul that he got me a special, tiny pair of mittens to keep my fingers warm whenever I have to fly to Canada in the winter. They’re my favourite colour, yellow, and they match the hat he gave me last year, which is also yellow.

It sure is nice visiting you and E. I look forward to seeing more of your baby teeth in the days to come.

Love,

Your Friend,

The Tooth Fairy