Hell’s Half Acre

For quite a while now, Jesse has been trying to extort money from the tooth fairy. He is a child who, once he believes he is right, will hammer that point into your skull to the point of oblivion. When Pike had his tooth extracted, the tooth fairy took pity on him and his sweet note and left him 50 pesos for his extracted tooth. At the time, Jesse must have seen that as income and I wouldn’t have put it past him to arrange for one tooth to crowd the other (black magic?) and/or pay of the dentist to recommend his very own extraction. I’m sure he saw it as money in the bank.

He has been leaving notes for the tooth fairy and not one has been pleasant. “If you don’t leave me 50 pesos, I’ll…” Up til now, the tooth fairy has simply ignored his pleas and threats until last night. The latest note told her not to take it personally, but then he insulted the poor fairy. So she left him 5 pesos. He awoke very unhappy and has now sworn to get even. Notes have been flying about the unfairness and pictures depicting a tooth fairy with horns and and evil look.

I’m really not one to “teach them a lesson” but it might work out that he’ll figure out that you can catch more flies (not comparing the TF to a fly) with honey… Knowing him, probably not. It has also been a real boon to their spelling skills. A month ago, neither boy could even attempt spelling, and now they have improved immeasurably. I was really starting to get worried, wondering WHEN they’d find a need to spell, and here it is. They have also written letters to the masses depicting the torture they’ve experienced due to the chores they had while Jamie et. al. were gone. Some with little red smears (blood?) to prove the torture they were under at the time.