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smiling faces
“I might send another fairy out with you. … maybe
you need help tackling the area. …”
“No,” I interjected. “I’m fine. I’ll try harder. I’m just ...
having a hard time getting in touch.”
He finally nodded. “All right. You have 30 days to
figure it out and boost your productivity. Go!”
He waved me away as if I were a common housefly.
Back at my bungalow, I thought long and hard about
our discussion. I felt like I should take drastic action. I
made up my mind to actually make my presence known
to these wayward families. I would have to crash their next
meeting, tell them they were breaking the rules and see if
they were willing to work with me. It was dangerous, but
what did I have to lose, honestly? If I got fired from my
job as Tooth Fairy, maybe I could just go back to hanging
out in flowers.
Two days later, it was Thursday, their typical time to
meet. First, I transformed my height from five inches to
about five feet. Then I dressed in a rather human-looking
outfit – a simple shift dress, a long coat to hide my wings,
at least for the time being, and a snazzy wristwatch. At
meeting time, I walked into the front door of the house
and took a seat at the oak table, wearing sunglasses so they
couldn’t see my purple irises.
“Hey. Who’re you?” demanded the ringleader father
who spoke the first night.
I cleared my throat, preparing to drop an octave.
“I’m Farrah. I just moved here. I have a son named
Sam who’s 8 years old. I was told that you guys can help
me make some cash on the side. I’m a single mother.”
They looked at me suspiciously.
“I just had cataract surgery,” I quickly added.
They seemed satisfied with the explanation. Their
discussion went on about Craigslist postings and the price
they were asking per tooth. Suddenly, the lady of the house
came around the table toward me. The way she looked at
me made me nervous.
“Let me take your coat for you,” she said.
“No. I’m cold,” I insisted – but she started yanking
it off my shoulders! The coat was balled up in her arms
before I knew it, and my two sparkling wings were
revealed.
“I knew it!” she shrieked. “My son told me that he saw
you in his window! You’re the Tooth Fairy, and you’ve been
spying on us!”
Her husband got up from his chair: “Anna, there’s no
such thing as a Tooth Fairy,” he reassured her. “I think
you’ve had too much Tito’s. This is just a single mother,
dressed up in a costume. She’s clearly an exotic dancer or
something.”
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