For the past two and a half days, the throbbing has been unrelenting.
She presses her lips tightly together, sprinkles more glittery diamond dust on her wings, adjusts a strap on one of her tiny silver slippers, and sighs.
Another busy night ahead. Thanks to Sophie in Massachusetts, she counts 10,346 children to visit between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m., and the way little Timmy Tucker is pulling at his back left bicuspid as he says his prayers in Payette, Idaho, she’ll be visiting 10,347 children.
She places her white luminous hand on her swollen right cheek and moans. She doesn’t have time for this!
Once she gets back home from her job, she’ll try for 40 winks and then up with her own children, boiling some henny penny eggs and squeezing some rose petal juice for them before putting them on the grasshopper bus to the firefly pre-school.
Husband Danny will want help counting the little white pearls she’s collected during the night to deliver to the fairy counter. The way expenses are going in Fairyville, she hopes some of the pearls are big ones tonight.
A particular painful twinge in her mouth makes her shudder. She flicks her wings and heads out the window, grinning despite herself.
Whoever heard of a tooth fairy with a toothache?
roughwighting 
just as I’m having another tooth ready to pull
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Oh, I’m afraid the tooth fairy only visits those who believe. You DO believe, don’t you? If so, ask the white-coated doctor who pulls your white pearl to take it home and put it under your pillow. Think how happy Danny will be!
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Sweet, Pam! Sophie lost a tooth? When you were there?
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A plentiful amount of perfect pearls are pressed under pillows in pastoral New England.
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Ah, the loss of a little pearl – the story of childhood and fairies. Sweet.
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If it weren’t for the fairies, the loss of the pearls would seem catastrophic!
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To be toothful, I found this such a lovely fairy magic story!
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Thanks for the toothfull early morning smile.
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Walk a mile in her shoes.
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A mile in her shoes holding a bagful of heavy pearls and bills to pay. Hmm, someone doesn’t sound so different from MY shoes, after all.
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But the job satisfaction must be a nice reward in of itself. She’s there for so many special moments.
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I believe a holiday is in order! Charming piece 😉
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A holiday for the tooth fairy, or a ‘tooth fairy’ holiday one day a year? Wouldn’t that be sweet?
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!!!!!!!! loved it!
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See? You’re a picture book author through and through.
And that toothless tyke is adorable!
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If only I had illustrators clamoring at my story door, like YOU do!
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It does give me a little thrill. 🙂
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Loved it Pam, so sweet, not least the grasshopper bus:-) I hope her tooth ache gets better – her schedule sure sounds punishing! H xxx
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From a person-in-the-know, I’ve been told that the tooth fairy is back in business and humming happily while she works.
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Oh Pam! This was wonderful! What a sweet story! I think I will reblog it…if ok with you! I love stories of magic 🙂
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Reblogged this on Blog Me This…. and commented:
This is such a sweet wonderful story! I HAD to share it with you guys!! Enjoy!! 🙂
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The tooth fairy looks right at home over in your space. THANKS for re-blogging her winged tale. xo
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On a visit from Courtney…-
I have a special treasure – a box of tiny offerings and notes in small boy-child hand writing; gifts for the Tooth Fairy on her days or rather nights off. I don’t mind keeping them for when she wants to visit.
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Thanks for sharing this story that shines with magical realism. 😉
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Thank you – I strive to LIVE in magical realism!
Wonderful to visit your beautiful blog and get to know you.
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Excellent Pam,you even made an old cynic smile.
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Well then, I am a happy writer/blogger/woman! Thanks for the smile, both ways.
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This is lovely, Pam! It gave me a big toothy grin this morning 😀
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I wish I could see that – the toothy grins are the BEST ones. A mouth full of pearls – what could be prettier?
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Your grandbabies must love you. No one can tell a story quite like you! Tooth fairy with a toothache indeed. 🙂 smiling with all my teeth and hoping all toothaches stay far, far away.
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Hello my switcheroo friend. A smile a day keeps the dentist away. Promise! xo
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Yes, I’m smiling here too!
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XO
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Lovely Pam. I’m afraid mine was a whole lot darker!
http://wendystrohm.co.uk/poetry/strangeness-2/the-tooth-fairy/
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Oh my gosh, we certainly envisioned the Tooth Fairy in different ways, didn’t we? Ha Ha. That’s me, the ‘Pollyanna’ of storytelling. I enjoyed your ‘dark’ toothy poem.
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This was such an incredible little story 🙂
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Thanks for finding me here! Fun visiting you over at your blogging world.
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Awwwwww 🙂 xx
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That says it all…! xo
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😉 xx
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