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Subject: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] Re: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Home Delivery
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:32:24 EST
The Tooth Fairy
He held out the little red felt pillow and pointed to its
tiny pocket, which held a quarter, instead of a tooth. "Look,
Mom! Look what the tooth fairy left me. Twenty-five cents!"
I shared his excitement, and we chatted for a few minutes
about the purposes to which he would put his new wealth. I
returned to my kitchen activities, but he lingered, silent, a
thoughtful look on his face. "Mom," he hesitated, "is there
really a tooth fairy, or do you put this money in my tooth
pillow and take away my tooth?"
Of course I knew I would have to answer such questions, but
in spite of seven years of preparation, I hadn't really thought
through a suitable reply. I stalled for time by asking, "What
do you think, Simon?"
"Could be either," he reasoned. "It seems like something
you would do, but I know some things are magic, too."
"What would you like to think?" I continued, still
uncertain about whether or not I was about to break his heart.
"It doesn't really matter," he said with confidence. "I
like it either way. If there is a tooth fairy, that's pretty
exciting, and if it's you, that's pretty nice, too."
I concluded that no disappointment would result from my
answer, so I confessed to being his benefactor, and he smiled
contentedly. I then cautioned him not to say anything to his
younger brother, explaining, "Each child is entitled to the
magic until he or she is ready to ask the question that you did
today. Do you understand that?"
"Yes," he said, nodding. He took great pride in his older
brother role, and I knew he would never spoil anything
intentionally. I considered the matter closed, but still he
lingered in the kitchen.
"Is there something else, Simon?" I asked.
"Just one more question, Mom. Does Dad know?"
by Elaine Decker
Reprinted by permission of Elaine Decker (c) 1999, from Chicken
Soup for the Parent's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen,
Kimberly Kirberger and Raymond Aaron.
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