La souris des dents

In Canada and England we have the tooth fairy, but in France they have the tooth mouse - la souris des dents.  The tooth mouse does exactly the same thing as the tooth fairy - takes milk teeth that have been left under the child's pillow and leaves money in exchange, and builds a castle with the teeth.  I must admit, I kind of like the idea of a little mouse taking the tooth and scuttling off through a hole in the wall.

La souris des dents visited Andy on Saturday night when he lost his first tooth.  This has been a long-awaited occassion because he is seven and a half which is old for still having all his baby teeth and he's been looking forward to this growing-up milestone anxiously for a long time.