When I was teaching a Grade One class, Billy's tooth just popped out. He was examming it in wonderment when Joan turned around to tell him about the tooth fairy: how she put her tooth under her pillow when she went to bed, and when she woke in the morning, the tooth was gone, a shiny quarter in its place. Billy put his tooth in his pocket thoughtfully. When it was time to go home, Billy walked over to Joan, handed her the tooth and said:"you can put my tooth under your pillow and bring the money on Monday."

我那時(shí)正在教一年級(jí)的一個(gè)班。比利的一顆牙齒掉下來(lái)了。他正好奇地研究它，這時(shí)，瓊轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)來(lái)告訴他牙齒精靈的故事:她上床睡覺(jué)的時(shí)候把牙齒放在枕頭底下，早上起來(lái)的時(shí)候，牙齒不見(jiàn)了，卻放著一枚光閃閃的2角5分硬幣。比利小心地把牙齒放在口袋里。到了該回家的時(shí)候，比利走到瓊身邊，把牙齒交給她說(shuō)道，“你可以把我的牙齒放在枕頭底下，星期一的時(shí)候把錢(qián)帶給我就行了.”

Tooth fairy: 牙齒精靈,是西方文化中兒童喜歡的人物。兒童把掉下的乳牙送給精靈，會(huì)得到小額金錢(qián)或者小禮物。