Last night, Hamer lost her upper left incisor. This time, instead of putting it in her little tooth box, she happily said she would place it under her pillow for the Tooth Fairy to exchange for money. I watched as she carefully slipped it under the pillow in her own room.
After she washed up and fell asleep, I went to check—but the tooth was gone. I guessed she might have moved it to the big bed she actually sleeps in. I searched there too, but couldn’t find it. In the end, I decided to just leave the money under the pillow in her room.
The next morning, Hamer excitedly lifted her pillow to see if the Tooth Fairy had come. Finding nothing, she looked disappointed and said, “So it’s not real after all.” I told her, “Maybe check the pillow in your room?” She rushed off, lifted it, and squealed, “It’s true! I got one yuan!” She held the coin like a treasure.
A moment later, she looked at me and asked, “Was it you?” — I, of course, denied everything.
