The Tooth Fairy
Fairy
Mary loves her sweets
They’re
all she ever really eats
And
that’s the reason, as you know,
Her
teeth fell out some years ago
So
now she slurps when she breathes in
And
sometimes dribbles down her chin
But,
not content with eating jam,
Our
Mary hatched a cunning plan
No
longer known as gummy Mary
Our
girl became the new tooth fairy
She
zooms each night from place to place
And
looks beneath each pillowcase
If
there’s a tooth she jumps with joy
Cries
“Thank-you little girl!” (or boy)
And,
leaving money in its place,
She
jams the tooth into her face
Pushing
hard with both her thumbs
Until
she’s lodged it in her gums
Then,
when she has a rough new set,
And
all the spares that she can get
She
waits until the sweet-shop opens
And
spends her daily fairy tokens
On
Crunchy Chocolate Fizzy Tots
And
pretty soon she’s scoffed the lot
And
all those teeth she hunted for
Are
cracked and rotten on the floor
So
then she sleeps ‘till half-past ten
And
sets off on her brush again
EPILOGUE:
Here’s
why she leaves the cash for you:
Because
she hopes that you will do
The
same thing she does every day
Until
your teeth all rot away
So
take good care of what you eat
‘Cause
gummy kids can’t chew a sweet
You’re
not a fairy – don’t forget
So
you can’t buy another set
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