Tonight at dinner, David, Silas, and I learned several things about the Tooth Fairy from the expert, Russell.
First, we learned that the Tooth Fairy gives a silver dollar for your first tooth. Proof: this is what Christopher told Russell happened to him, and then when Florian lost his tooth, he too got a silver dollar from the Tooth Fairy! (The fact that Florian's dad made a trip to the bank to get a Susan B. Anthony dollar after Florian reported Russell's information to him is strictly coincidental. So is the fact that I'll be rooting around our currency pile sometime soon...)
Second, we found out that the Tooth Fairy lives in a house filled with PILES OF MONEY.
Finally, Russell explained that the Tooth Fairy must have a computer with a listing of every kid who'd lost a tooth that night, since surely more than one kid might lose a tooth each night. She checks her computer, then goes to the closest kids' houses and drops off money, then comes back to check her computer listing again, and so on. I wondered aloud to David who writes the Tooth Fairy's software, and he muttered, "Not Microsoft!"
It all reminds me of the time from my insomniac childhood when, after a nighttime Tooth Fairy visit, my parents tried to convince me the Tooth Fairy was a medium-sized guy with a bushy mustache.