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CityViewNC.com | 11 Claire Mullen can be reached at clairejlmullen @gmail.com. fairy language to corked bottles of fairy dust, and, in maybe the most amazing of all cases, 20 whole bucks for a single tooth? Do you want to know how I know this? Because kids at the lunch table told my daughter so. And, you might also want to be informed of the fact that these days, if you leave a really nice note on your bedside table, using your very best manners, the Tooth Fairy will gladly leave you the toy that you most desire in lieu of standard currency. You can say I warned you, instead of finding out the way I did: tiptoeing into a bedroom in the cover of darkness to steal a cuspid and slip a George Washington into its place only to find a letter written on wide-ruled paper by a hopeful little girl who addressed it to a certain mythical sprite and asked sweetly for a toy as her prize. Call me a sucker, but (as I cursed the well- prepared mom of my daughter's friend who must have made a special trip to Dollar Tree to stock up on Pop Its and fidget spinners for moments such as this) I crept back downstairs and, as the rest of my family slept, cut a miniature rectangle from the corner of a piece of computer paper. On it, as tiny as I could, I wrote, "Dear Sadie, I am too little to carry toys but I am proud of you for having such a clean and shiny tooth! Love, the Tooth Fairy." I used our Bic grill lighter to brown the edges of the paper to give it some extra enchantment. I rolled it into a scroll and secured it with a piece of dental floss tied into a bow. I searched my bathroom drawers for an old bottle of silver glitter nail polish and carefully applied a sparkly border to the dollar bill. (I hope this is not a federal offense.) Back upstairs I snuck, where I deposited the wee note and bedazzled dollar on my daughter's nightstand for her to discover when she awoke. I took her tooth and tucked it away in my own jewelry box and went to bed grateful that sometimes, winging it works. And, aer all, between my two little children and all of their little lost teeth, I'll only get to do this Tooth Fairy thing 40 times. Print & Business Services Westwood & Fort Bragg 439 WESTWOOD SHOPPING CENTER FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28314 910-860-1220 (OPTION 5) STORE2974@THEUPSSTORE.COM FORT BRAGG MINI-MALL REILLY ROAD 910-436-7877 (OPTION 6) STORE4787@THEUPSSTORE.COM The UPS Stores Veteran Owned/Operated Send print projects to print2974@gmail.com faxing shipping mailboxing notarizing signing shredding blueprinting designing freighting plaqueing brochuring boxing engraving packing copying printing COMING SOON TO HOPE MILLS NEXT DOOR TO THE DMV AND POST OFFICE New science/STEM wing and junior high classrooms Non-denominational Selective enrollment Great athletic, performing and fine arts programs Pre K through 12th grade 422 Ireland Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304 www.fayettevillechristian.com (910) 483-3905 Voted Best Private School 10 years and counting!

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