[DianaB]

Years ago when my husband's little sister (she was only a year older than my son) lost a tooth she happened to be staying with us while my husband's brother was in the hospital seriously hurt. We had been traveling 100 miles to the hospital to check on him so my husband had quite a bit of cash in his wallet. Well, the kids slept on the hide-a-bed in the living room that night so I wasn't able to take care of the tooth and decided to have my husband do it when he came in the house (he was working in the shop). So [U]in the dark[U] he pulled out some money and put it under her pillow. The next morning we woke up with her yelling "I'm rich!! I'm rich!!!" I sent my husband in to see what he'd done and he had given her $20!! With all of our traveling and expenses he tried to get it back but in the end didn't have the heart to do it so he let her keep it with the promise that she had to buy their brother in the hospital a gift. We all laugh about it now, especially her. She says that she really believed that there was a tooth fairy.

The next time she lost a tooth she saved it and brought it over with her, but the tooth fairy left her a penny and a note that said she was broke!! The story has been worth the $20 but at the time it wasn't so funny.