Tooth Fairy
Jenny snuggled under for blanket with her eyes wide open.
"I will stay awake. Oh, I want to see the fairy," she muttered sleepily.
That afternoon in school, her milk tooth had wiggled and turned for the last time. It fell on a page of the book that Jenny was
reading. Now she had a space just as most of her schoolmates had, right in the middle of her beautiful grin.
Before going to bed that night, Jenny put the tooth under her pillow to see whether a fairy would take it away and leaved a
surprise in its place. She wanted to stay awake, but her eyelids drooped and closed.
The room was still quiet. Then, a tinkle, like the sound of a music box, filled the air. Out of the darkness, the shiniest little fairy
any could imagine, floated into the room. She knelt down beside Jenny's pillow and found the hidden tooth.
The fairy dropped the tooth into a golden purse and whispered, "Now I have another pearl for my queen's necklace. Thanks to
you Jenny. Out of gratitude, I will leave you this coin. It will be your reward and will bring you luck, Jenny. The music began again,
and the fairy fluttered away.
"Wake up, Child," Jenny's mother bent over her.
Before she opened her eyes, Jenny reached under the pillow. She was surprised when she felt something there. When she saw
the coin, she sat up smiling.
"Mother," she cried, "did the fairy come or was I dreaming?
" Mother smiled and said, "You want to believe that she came, don't you? So why don't we just make believe that she did?
" With that thought, Jenny just smiled.
"But I saw her, Mother. I just don't know how. I wish I didn't fall asleep," she said winking at Mother. "Oh, well, I still have baby
teeth anyway!" Fairy Jenny snuggled under for blanket with her eyes wide open. "I will stay
