Maama:
“In Uganda we have a trick for getting the children to pull out their loose teeth. When they lose their first tooth we tell them to put the tooth where the rats run around on the ground. Rats are dirty & they are said to have a lot of money. After the child puts the tooth on the ground we watch to see where they have put it, or we ask, “Did you put the tooth in the right place?” When they are not around we take the tooth & leave some money in its place. The next time the child checks for the tooth they will find the money instead. Instead of complaining about the pain of loose teeth in the future they’ll simply pull them right out on their own because they want the rats’ money!”
Me:
“Oh wow. Yeah, we have something like that too… we call it the tooth fairy. It’s um, a little person that flies around with wings in the middle of the night collecting teeth & leaving money under the pillow.”
Maama:
“Ah! Really?!”
[You don’t realize how ludicrous the tooth fairy sounds until you to try to explain it to someone who’s never heard of the fat little man who flies into our children’s bedrooms at night…]
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