With Teeth

Emma finally lost a tooth. The occasion led to much opining regarding the methodology employed by the mysterious Tooth Fairy. According to the highly intellectual six year old set, there are two opposing schools of thought on how exactly the fairy becomes aware of the lost tooth. The first and, in my opinion, less likely option theorizes that the Tooth Fairy has a wall with a picture of each child in the world, a-la Wallace and Grommit. Upon the loss of a tooth, the nose of the child lights up, alerting the good fairly to their condition. The second, and more technologically advanced theory, involves the fairy utilizing email. Perhaps on some sort of Blackberry or other mobile device is involved. I myself suspect the fairy may be colluding with Santa Clause in order to gain access to his well known child spy network.

On another matter, I've conducted a study to determine the current market value of a tooth. According to the current economic data, the value of a tooth seems to be somewhere between $1 and $5 US. Although, many feel this price may be artificially inflated due to the current activities of OTEC (Organization of Tooth Exporting Children).