A Coin For A Tooth

• Hana Hampton, Grade 4
• Poetry
• 2009

Please dear fairycome to me,
my tooth fell out, now there's a gap, you see.
It served me well from one to three
but it's time for another, for me.

It left a gap so when I smile
my tongue hangs out like a crocodile.
I miss my tooth but know I know
that I will get a coin to show.

I hid the tooth in a special place,
a place the fairy could find,
in the morning the tooth was gone,
a coin was now mine.

I have lots more baby teeth to loose,
more gaps and coins to come,
I'll open up a bank account
and save for a bike, that's fun.