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A Series of Myths and Legends: Tooth Fairies
When we were children, our parents would tell us to put our chipped tooth under our pillows for the tooth fairy to come. Of course we'd find it interesting and magical. We were kids.
But if you think of it in an older perspective, that kind of situation was creepy. Why would some small creature visit you in the middle of the night for a tooth? Where did they even come from? How did they even exist? Where did their money come from to exchange for the tooth? There were so many questions that we would ask.
I've asked those questions many times to myself, even though it's just a child's imagination. I've let those questions go already. There was nothing to discover for such fairytale, until its parent came.
It happened at normal night.
I bring my children back inside our home after a long day of school. I prepared dinner for them and my husband.
My husband has a home-based work so he stays in the house while taking care of our youngest. We have 3 children. The eldest, our daughter, is 5 years old. Our second child which is a son is 3 years old. The youngest is 10 months old.
After preparing dinner, we have an one-hour forum where we share what we did during the day. This ensures us to keep a strong bond and understanding of one another. We also take pictures if something unusual happened.
My daughter got in a fight at school with a school bully. She defended a younger boy. My daughter doesn't care if she's dealing with a man or woman. She'll fight if needed, at that age.
After the fight, she got a tooth broken. She showed the tooth to us. My husband hates bloody things so this disgusted him. I laugh at him along with my first son. He grabs a plastic and tells my daughter to put the tooth in.
Our daughter also says that she'll put the tooth under her pillow because a tooth fairy will come.
It's a fairytale that ensures happiness to our children so we go along. It'll be our first time dealing with this so we agree to give a normal amount of money.
After that hour-long forum, we prepare our children for sleep. My daughter cleans the tooth and puts it under her pillow and goes to sleep. We sing them a lullaby.
At midnight, my husband and I play a game of rock paper scissors to see who will put the money. I win so he has to do it.
He grabs money and puts them in an envelope. He leaves the room quietly. I read a book for a while.
It's been 3 hours. But I didn't bother because I was immersed by the book.
I decide to go after him.
Just as I open the door, my husband is already there. I ask him if he's alright until he started swaying and turning. When his back is shown,...
But if you think of it in an older perspective, that kind of situation was creepy. Why would some small creature visit you in the middle of the night for a tooth? Where did they even come from? How did they even exist? Where did their money come from to exchange for the tooth? There were so many questions that we would ask.
I've asked those questions many times to myself, even though it's just a child's imagination. I've let those questions go already. There was nothing to discover for such fairytale, until its parent came.
It happened at normal night.
I bring my children back inside our home after a long day of school. I prepared dinner for them and my husband.
My husband has a home-based work so he stays in the house while taking care of our youngest. We have 3 children. The eldest, our daughter, is 5 years old. Our second child which is a son is 3 years old. The youngest is 10 months old.
After preparing dinner, we have an one-hour forum where we share what we did during the day. This ensures us to keep a strong bond and understanding of one another. We also take pictures if something unusual happened.
My daughter got in a fight at school with a school bully. She defended a younger boy. My daughter doesn't care if she's dealing with a man or woman. She'll fight if needed, at that age.
After the fight, she got a tooth broken. She showed the tooth to us. My husband hates bloody things so this disgusted him. I laugh at him along with my first son. He grabs a plastic and tells my daughter to put the tooth in.
Our daughter also says that she'll put the tooth under her pillow because a tooth fairy will come.
It's a fairytale that ensures happiness to our children so we go along. It'll be our first time dealing with this so we agree to give a normal amount of money.
After that hour-long forum, we prepare our children for sleep. My daughter cleans the tooth and puts it under her pillow and goes to sleep. We sing them a lullaby.
At midnight, my husband and I play a game of rock paper scissors to see who will put the money. I win so he has to do it.
He grabs money and puts them in an envelope. He leaves the room quietly. I read a book for a while.
It's been 3 hours. But I didn't bother because I was immersed by the book.
I decide to go after him.
Just as I open the door, my husband is already there. I ask him if he's alright until he started swaying and turning. When his back is shown,...
