Another Ratoncito Sighting!

Last night David lost another tooth.  This time it was a result of growing older and not it cracking.  Late last night David saw "El Ratoncito".  He said he was guessing it was brown and it was a large mouse.  It had wings because he heard him fly away.  He said he might of scared him when he woke up and turned over.  That might be why he got fewer pesos (money) this time.

Here is a picture drawn by the artist Edan Young.  He says that the Ratoncito has white wings.  He may be brown or gray, but was only seen at night time and in the shadows.

Fairy or Rat?

I'm suppose to wait up all night for "El Ratoncito" to come and visit our house. David had to get a tooth pulled because of a bad cavity. He wrote a note to the "Tooth Fairy", but as they have talked amongst there classmates they are discovering the Tooth Fairy looks very different here in Mexico. I'm not so sure I like how he looks because a rat is suppose to visit my house tonight. I so perfer the image of a fairy than a rat, but at least it is a little rat. I'm sure this will be an easier idea for David to grasp. He wasn't sure of the existence of fairies, but he has seen rats and he even saw one in Mexico one night about a week ago. Pehaps that was "El Ratoncito" getting teeth and giving money? Edan has asked me to stay watch all night and let him know if it was a fairy or a rat.

The other question is does the tooth fairy here read in English? David wrote his letter in English, but I questioned him whether or not the tooth fairy (or rat) would be able to read it. I thought about writing back in Spanish that the rat didn't know what it said, but I didn't. I'll leave that to the rat.

The last question is how much does the rat pay for a tooth here? I find it interesting that the boys shared many stories today that the rat gives 200 to 150 pesos to their friends! That's like $15-$10! I think that's a little high to pay for a tooth. They really know how to work it. David might be a little on the dissappointed side when he doesn't get that much. I'm sure David will reason it away that it was because he had a broken tooth or something like that and expect more next time.

Fairy or Rat he's coming to our house, to bad I'm not going to be staying up all night to see what it really is! I guess the world will never know.