The Tooth Fairy
I had to write this poem. My little daughter was so sad when we forgot to put money in the tooth box when she lost her tooth. When I was a child we put the tooth under a pillow but if someone gives your child a tooth box with a fairy figure on it you have to use it even if it confuses the real tooth fairy.
***THE TOOTH FAIRY***
I don’t know what went wrong that night,
When I lost my tooth.
The Tooth Fairy didn’t come to me.
Believe me. It’s the truth.
I have a lovely Tooth-Box
An auntie gave to me.
It looks just like a fairy;
At least it does to me.
I wonder if my Tooth-Box
Fooled the fairy’s eye
As it stood upon the chest-of-drawers.
Is that the reason why?
Did she think another fairy
Was standing on the lid,
Already busy doing
The same job that she did?
When I looked next morning
There wasn’t any money.
I went and told my Mum and Dad.
My eyes were red and runny.
They gave me lots and lots of hugs
And said they’d make it better,
By writing to the Tooth-Fairy,
A very special letter.
Daddy wrote it on a slope
(That’s important, I think)
And used a lot of big words,
Then burned it in the sink.
For a fairy to get a message
That’s the way you do it,
But you never use an envelope
‘Cause they can’t see through it.
When I woke up next morning
The money wasn’t there!
That naughty, forgetful Tooth-Fairy
It really wasn’t fair.
Daddy was very busy,
Reading a book,
But Mummy got up quickly
To go and have a look.
She called to me, “Come here”,
And I was so surprised
To see some money in the box
I couldn’t believe my eyes!
I might have been lucky.
I was I suppose.
You can’t tell until you know
How the ending goes.
The fairy was so sorry
For causing such trouble
That when I took the money out
I saw she gave me double.