Junie B., First Grader_ Toothless Wonder - Barbara Park [10]
“Don't you get it?” I said. “The fairy recycled! She recycled my baby tooth! And she gave it to Ollie!”
My feet started to dance.
“It's perfect!” I said. “It's just like Dan, Dan the Soda Can! The fairy took my tooth! And she made it all shiny and new! And then she gave it to my very own baby brother!”
I quick bent down and felt Ollie's gum again.
“Yes-sir-ee-bob! That's my tooth, all right! I'd know that tooth anywhere!” I said.
Daddy scratched his head.
“Well, I'll be,” he said.
Mother laughed. “What a great idea.”
“It is, Mother!” I said. “It is a great idea! Plus also, it is a big relief. ’Cause the tooth fairy doesn't just throw teeth in the garbage. Now I know that for sure.”
I looked at my money again.
“It's just like Miss Chris told us!” I said real squealy. “Recycling makes cents! Get it, Mother? Get it, Daddy? Cents sounds like sense! Ha! That's a good one, right?”
After that, I zoomed to my room to get dressed for school.
“I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL THE CHILDREN!” I hollered. “ROOM ONE IS GOING TO LOVE THIS NEWS!”
I put on my favorite pants and sweater.
Then I quick ran back to Ollie. And I felt his tooth some more.
He smiled at me again.
I smiled back at him.
’Cause what do you know?
I think I might like that boy after all!
Text copyright © 2002 by Barbara Park
Illustrations copyright © 2002 by Denise Brunkus
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Park, Barbara.
Junie B., first grader: toothless wonder / by Barbara Park;
illustrated by Denise Brunkus.
p. cm. “Junie B. Jones, #20” “A Stepping stone book.”
SUMMARY: Junie B. Jones learns some interesting things about the
Tooth Fairy when she becomes the first student in Room One to lose
an upper tooth.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89444-2
[1. Teeth—Fiction. 2. Tooth Fairy—Fiction.] I. Brunkus, Denise, ill.
II. Title. PZ7.P2197 To 2002 [Fic]—dc21 2002004161
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