Ratoncito Perez

Ainara 

Caleb lost a tooth at school today and on the way home, Ainara told us about Ratoncito Perez - AKA the Tooth Rat.  Ratoncito Perez is a small mouse that collects very clean teeth to build an enormous castle in an unknown and magical place.  Ratoncito Perez has an army of magical mice that search under pillows at night looking for teeth and leaving money.

According to Ainara, the tooth rat pays 500 ARS - about $30 per tooth.  Ainara must have extremely clean teeth.  She said that if there is any blood left on the tooth, Ratoncito Perez can not use it for the castle, so he pays less.  With the help of her mother, Ainara is able to get her teeth beautifully clean and receive her 500 ARS.

As soon as we got in the house, Caleb ran to the bathroom with his fallen tooth, scrubbed it shiny with toothpaste, washed it brilliantly with soap, and left it soaking in a glass of detergent in the kitchen for the afternoon.  

I am on my way to Buenos Aires for the week, so I am curious to hear how all of this works out.  My guess is that there is not enough tooth polish in the house to satisfy the Ratoncito Perez.  

Good luck Caleb!

This story has NOT been fact-checked by Mony, Ainara's mom.  This is Ainara's version!