The pigs’ younger cousin Opal comes to visit them at Woodcock Pocket. She’s delighted to enjoy walks in the woods, playing on the swing, smelling flowers in the garden, eating watermelon and strawberries, etc. Puddle notices that Opal has a loose tooth. She’s proud of the attention this gets her, but doesn’t want any assistance in removing her tooth (Toot is ready with string tied to a doorknob!) She’s determined to just let it fall out on its own. They keep commenting on the state of her loose tooth- until one day it finally falls out- while she’s swimming in the pond! Opal is devastated- how will she leave her tooth for the tooth fairy now? Luckily Toot is good at diving and finds her tooth on the bottom of the pond. Opal goes to bed that night satisfied and expectant. But Puddle sits up late worrying- what if the tooth fairy doesn’t come? Does she even know where Woodcock Pocket is? Puddle decides he must be prepared to step in and impersonate the tooth fairy if she doesn’t arrive. He makes himself a costume (quite cleverly- it was both hilarious and endearing) and sits up to watch for the tooth fairy’s appearance. He and Toot fall asleep before morning though. What now? You’d have to read it. Quite cute!
Borrowed from the public library.
