Take for example, Abby's classmate Bryson. According to Abby, "Bryson is famous for losing teeth at school!" Of the nine that Bryson has lost, Abby thinks eight of them have been lost at school.
Well, Abby's dream came true today. For the last couple of weeks one of Abby's front teeth has been dangling ever so precariously from her gum. Today I went to pick her up and as I was talking with some other moms, Abby went off to play with her friends. All of a sudden I saw her coming toward me with blood on her hands and her mouth. Her friend Nora was on one side and her friend Emory on the other. The girls had their arms around Abby and everyone was talking at once. Apparently, the girls were playing on the bike rack and Nora accidentally pushed Abby. She fell forward and hit her mouth. She started to cry. And then, she "tasted all of this blood" in her mouth and then looked in her hand and "saw this little white tooth!"
What excitement!! The girls insisted we go to the nurse's office. The nurse had already left for the day, but Abby, Emory and Nora made themselves right at home. Nora and Emory thought Abby should sit and rest on the bed. But I insisted that we first clean up some of the blood. Once we'd taken care of that, Abby was determined to get her treasure box with or without Nurse Alice. Abby marched out to the secretary's desk (Nora and Emory dutifully marching behind) and explained the situation. The location of the treasure boxes was disclosed and the girls debated what color Abby should choose. (She went for the green box.)
The girls then returned to the bike rack to see if they could spot any blood
We expect tooth number five to be lost soon. The fall not only knocked out number four, but it pushed number five way out of place!
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