Second Tooth

... my second tooth is out ...

There are some childhood moments that can always be remembered.


Hebe is having some of them right now.


When I was young, the folk tale associated with the loss of a tooth was this:  if you didn't put your tongue in the hole that the baby tooth left in your mouth, then the new tooth would grow in gold.


Now that I think about it, I am not sure I really wanted a gold tooth.



My dad just made it sound so desirable that I worked hard at keeping my tongue out of that hole.

Look.  Here is my tooth in my left hand!

It was a great disappointment each time a tooth fell out and a failed to keep my tongue out of that hole.


I have no idea whether Hebe knows about this practise.


Arta