Saga of the Lost Tooth

One day, there was a beautiful brown-eyed Girl who was on the cusp of turning 7. This Girl is quite the creative and imaginative little being. Her Mother often enters a room and can see exactly where her daughter has been, thanks to the pieces of tape, thread, papers, markers, stamps, and material cut into shapes strewn about any surface of that particular room. Sometimes The Girl accompanies all this wonderful junk, other times she is off experimenting with whatever it is she has made.

When this 4 foot Girl isn't creating, she is playing with her 3.5 foot Brother - a Brother that just does not know what to do without his sister. They are often on some sort of adventure, whether that be camping, going on a vacation or having a picnic.

As I am sure you know, those suitcases are not empty. Oh no. They are filled with whatever is needed for their vacation, random items that make no sense to their Mother, but to them?! Complete sense. Until it's time to clean up......

Anyway, due to the fact that these two play together for hours in a day, it is a common occurrence for someone to get hurt, typically The Girl. Sure enough, a week ago, The Girl decided to try to eat her brother's head, which left her top front teeth still intact but very tender to the touch.

Fast forward to a few days ago......Brother and Sister are together in the pool, enjoying the plus 40 degree weather we've been having.

Brown Eyes decides that it is fun to push a soccer ball under the water as it will pop up and make Brother laugh. All is going well until the ball flies up out of the water and smucks The Girl in her face.

Ouch!!!

As she comes crying out of the pool to show her Mother where it hurts, her finger slips into a place that was previously occupied just a few short moments ago. The shock on her face made her stop crying and her mother laugh as the realization dawned that the reason why there is a gap in her mouth is because she knocked her tooth out!!

But oh no!!! The tears started up again as now the lost tooth was actually really lost! Where was it?!

Despite intense searches, the Lost Tooth was exactly that. Lost.

With reassurances from her Mother that she will lose more teeth, the tears were put away and more fun was to be had in the pool (minus pushing the soccer ball under water).

That night, everyone told The Father of the tooth mishap and that it just could not be found. The Father reassured his Darling Daughter that there is a bit of hope that the pool vacuum cleaner will suck it up and keep it safe for her.

Once the vacuum cleaner had done its job,The Boy, The Girl, The Father and The Mother (with her camera) took the vacuum cleaner out of the pool and looked in the net where it collects debris.

Any luck?! Did it get sucked up in there or was it too small??

With the help of her magnifying glass that she thought she needed to find it, the Lost Tooth was located!!

 

Alas!! The Lost Tooth is no longer that - lost!! With a smile that reached from ear to ear, The Girl gladly picked up her tooth, washed it off and promptly went inside the house to put the tooth in a safe spot.

The Mother and Father were left contemplating the event of how this Tooth came out so easily, as it really wasn't that wiggly to begin with, and came to the conclusion that when The Girl banged her teeth in her Brother's head a week earlier, that impact must have done a bit of damage. At any rate, the Parents are breathing a sigh of relief, knowing that it was a Baby Tooth, one that is supposed to come out. Phew!!

(and no, the Tooth Fairy does not come here. Brown-eyed girl is way too smart and does not believe in her. Her parents don't mind as it means they don't need to scramble around looking for a quarter to put under the pillow ;o)