Monday, January 26, 2009

the tooth fairy did visit her last night

Children have an amazing ability to believe in dreams and magic. Their world is more exciting than ours especially if they have been given the keys to read and learn about the elven and the fairy worlds. My daughter, for one was very excited. The reason? her first tooth was wobbly.And because she believed that the tooth fairy would visit her to leave her a special present in the form of magic money, she simply could not contain her excitement. Her father had bought a special engraved box for the occasion to place his precious child's first tooth. When I espied the small tooth in the box after the wobbly tooth was finally out of the mouth I started getting emotional. One more milestone reached in her physiological growth. My baby was growing up!!
Come night time and bed time for the kiddies, Guru was clutching her teddy bear and smiling all the while. "Ooh! Mama. I can't sleep. I want the fairy to know that I have been a good girl so she leaves me magic money. With that money, I want to go to the kid bank and deposit money". " How much money do you think will the tooth fairy give you?A guess?" "Mama." she admonished me." One never talks about how much. It is magic".
Later that night, I went on behalf of the tooth fairy. She had given me strict instructions to leave money for her darling angel. Quietly, I stole into her room and stealthily I removed myself afterwards. The next morning, Guru was smiling. The fairy had indeed visited her and left not one envelope but two envelopes of money for her. At first , both my husband and myself looked confused. Then it suddenly dawned on us. He too had woken up at night and thinking I had forgotten, had crept to her room. So after all, the tooth fairy did visit and it had left special instructions to the adult party to do their bit. The money was indeed magic.