Assyrian army

Assyrian army

Wednesday 24 April 2019

The tooth fairy - a tale to relieve my boredom.

Sometimes when you've got nothing else to do it's good to just write. And I've got nothing else to do.

Those people who believe in the tooth fairy mostly think there's just one. Not so. It's a franchise - one boss but hundreds of Senior Tooth Fairies, Junior Tooth Fairies and Trainee Tooth Fairies. Their job is simple. A tooth falls out, you leave it under the pillow, the tooth fairy removes the tooth and leaves a coin in payment.

Elizabeth was a very new trainee. Feeling very happy with herself she showed her night's haul to the boss.  The boss looked at the haul. Hundreds of teeth.

Going to be trouble, time for some retraining he thought...

'Now, Elizabeth, I appreciate your enthusiasm but...

Well, it's like this. Not all teeth under pillows are put out for us. You see, there are some people who, well, sleep with their heads under the pillow.

So, in future could you just take the teeth that are no longer attached to someones jaw?'


I'm working on a simple game, perhaps tomorrow?

6 comments:

  1. Interesting start, are you going to follow up on those who lost all their teeth and their confusion over what occurred? Equally it will be interesting to find out what your drug-addled mind comes up with for why the TFs want the teeth for in the first place - all a bit creepy if you ask me...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Sorry, what are you talking about... my memory isn't so good these days...

      Delete
  2. I don't know what drugs you're on but they're clearly working!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Game nearly written up and one other piece of flash fiction written - could be going home today or in till Monday... life very uncertain so whether the drugs keep working or not I'll keep on with these until I do get home.

      Delete