The Loose Tooth

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Jacinda. She got up one morning and realized that one of her teeth was loose. She showed her mommy.

"Look Mommy, my tooth" she said.

"I see," her mommy gently wiggled the tooth. "It is loose, but not too loose. It will take a while and then one day it come out."

Jacinda nodded.

All day in school Jacinda pushed her tongue against the wiggling tooth. By the end of the day, it was much looser. When her Grammy picked her up from school, Jacinda showed her.

"Look, Grammy, my tooth!"

"I see," her Grammy gently wiggled the tooth. "It is loose, but not too loose. It will take a while and then one day it come out."

Jacinda nodded.

That night at dinner, Jacinda pushed her tongue against the wiggling tooth, between bites of chicken and rice. The tooth was getting looser.

"Look Mommy, my tooth!"

"I see," her mommy gently wiggled the tooth. "It is loose, but not too loose. It will take a while and then one day it come out."

After dinner, her mommy went to do some chores and Jacinda decided to watch TV. Smack dab in the middle of her favorite TV show, Jacinda wiggled the tooth and POP! it came out.

She ran to find her mom.

"Look Mommy, my tooth!"

Her mommy looked up. "Wow, it is your tooth!"

Then Jacinda's mommy told her about the tooth fairy.

"She's like Tinkerbell, only she will come to take your tooth and leave you a surprise in place of it."
Jacinda was afraid.

"Will she eat me?" she asked.

"No," her mommy smiled. "The tooth fairy is good."

So Jacinda put her tooth into a pretty bag

And put it by her bed.

She went to sleep. And the next morning, she found that her tooth was gone.

But there was something in the bag. It was a five dollar bill!

Jacinda knew that the tooth fairy had made a visit. She told her mom she had seen the tooth fairy.

"She was brown and green and very nice." Jacinda said.

At breakfast, Jacinda tried to wiggle her tooth with her tongue, but it was gone. And in its place was a brand new tooth starting to grow.

"Look Mommy, my tooth!" Jacinda said.
"I see," her mommy looked in her mouth. "It is a new tooth, but not too big. It will take a while and then one day it will be as big as the others."

Jacinda smiled.