SHORT STORY | FICTION
One Valiant Night
It Takes Courage to Overcome
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Seven-year-old Phillip Ordene is a coward, and Candice thinks she’s braver because she’s his older twin sister. But she’ll always believe in him.
However, she wants to pull her loose tooth using the door-string-tooth method. While tugging her dad’s sleeve, she pointed to the living room door.
Smiling upon approval, David got off the couch to prepare for the method his adventurous daughter decided on. Then he turns to his son, asking if he also would like to pull his out.
But to his ambivalence, Phil nodded ‘yes.’
David tied a long string on Candi’s tooth to the doorknob and closed the door. She flinched in surprise, and her gums from the pulled-out tooth started bleeding.
The method was successful for Candi. But Phil became terrified, and witnessing the horror changed his mind.
He didn’t pull his tooth out that day.
In Fairyland, a Tooth Fairy feels uneasy about her job. Sweetie is wary as she thinks of collecting pull-out teeth from children, believing it’s a crime against them.
