We’ve never gone in much for the Tooth Fairy. It was mostly a matter of Corwin losing teeth in both meanings of the phrase, so rarely would there be a tooth to leave under a pillow. This week, however, we had a rash of loose teeth, Charles losing one and then a day later Corwin losing one, and another the next day.
Charles was able to give Mom his tooth to leave out for the Tooth Fairy, who brought him a dollar coin. Corwin did that with his first lost tooth but even though the Tooth Fairy left his coin on his desk in his room1, the same place as Charles’, Corwin didn’t find it for a day or so. Corwin’s second lost tooth he managed to drop down the sink. Corwin wanted his dollar anyway, but hey — no tooth, no cash.
1 Given the boys bizarre sleep motions and general bed disarray, any coinage left under a pillow would never be found again.