last years speech

 

The tooth fairy.

Is the tooth fairy real well stay with me and listen hard to find out lots of interesting facts and storys about the magical tooth fairy.

Part one intro.

Is the tooth fairy real or not real,were did she come from,how did the tooth fairy come about,how much money do some other kids get for there teeth,what dose the tooth fairy do with our teeth?these

are some of the questions I have been asking myself.when one dramatic morning hit I woke up to find that there was no money for my precious tooth I had left on my bedside table for The Tooth Fairy.  When I asked my Mum what had happened she said ‘I don’t know honey, the weather was pretty bad last night maybe she thought she’d wait until it was safer, try putting your tooth out again tonight’.  Sure enough there were a few shiny coins waiting for me in the morning and as a bonus my Mum(probably out of guilt) gave me an extra $10.

Body of Speech
Part 1 – The Tooth Fairy Origin
So after a lot of thinking and a lot of time spent googling, I found some pretty interesting stories about how The Tooth Fairy may have come about.  The most popular story that started in Medieval times when people believed in witches is this; a long time ago people believed that if a witch got a piece of your hair, nail or a tooth they could use these to cast an evil spell on you, even control your mind and make you do evil things.  So when children lost their teeth, their parents took great care in disposing of their baby teeth (or deciduous teeth which is the correct term).  There were several ways parents got rid of their children’s teeth, some burned them, and some fed them to animals like rats, mice and pigs.  The parents chose these animals because they also believed that because these animals had strong teeth it meant that their children’s teeth would grow strong too.  Another crazy superstition I know.  But as you can imagine it must have been pretty scary for children  knowing that their parents were frantically trying to get rid of their teeth to make sure horrible witches didn’t get hold of them and cast a bunch of evil spells on them, so I think maybe over the years parents may have wanted to soften the blow for their kids and probably invented the tooth fairy so that their kids would happily give up their teeth and not out of fear but out of happiness because they would get a nice reward for doing so be it a coin or other gift.
Part 2 – A few quick tooth fairy facts
So after discovering the origins of the tooth fairy and the most likely story (although no one really knows) I wanted to know a quick few facts about The Tooth Fairy.  One key question I had was how much other kids get for their teeth and what is the highest recorded gift for a deciduous tooth, do any of you know how much?  Have a guess?  The largest recorded gift for a baby tooth in 2010 from a study done by is $1.2million dollars.  That kid has the best tooth fairy ever.  They’re set up for life.  
I also wanted to know how many baby teeth the tooth fairy gets to take from us before our 26 permanent teeth settle in.  Its 20, we have 20 baby teeth.  That’s a lot of teeth for the tooth fairy.  I wonder what she does with them all, any ideas.  Some people believe she builds her fairy castle with them.
I also wanted to know how many movies had been made about the tooth fairy, it turns out there’s loads.  I don’t know the exact number but here are a few movie titles some of which you may have seen yourself like........ And surprisingly enough allot of horrors but given the origin of the tooth fairy and all those witchy tales it not really that surprising after all.
Part 3 – My favourite Tooth Fairy Story – How the Tooth Fairy got her job
After finding the origin of the tooth fairy and a few facts I found this gorgeous tooth fairy story which is by far my favourite.  Here’s the short version.

Long ago there were six magical fairies in the world - the Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Gold, and White fairies.

At the time, they did not know what their jobs would be, so they decided to have a competition to decide who would do which job.The first competition was to see who would be the Fairy of the Water and of course the blue fairy became the water fairy.The next competition was to see who would be the Wind Fairy.they all tried there hardest but the Grey Fairy won, and became the Wind Fairy.The next competition was to see who would be the Land Fairy.but The Brown Fairy became the Land Fairy, and was in charge of all the rocks and mountains and caves on the earth.Down to only three fairies - the Green, Gold, and White - things were getting very tense.The next competition was for who would be the Plant Fairy. but the Green Fairy won and she became the plant fairy.With just the Gold and White fairies left, all the other fairies were cheering them on for the final competition, which was to see who would be the Animal Fairy. And the gold fairy became the animal fairy and took care of all the animals in the world.leaving the White Fairy without a job.

Heartbroken, the White Fairy didn't know what to do. She was in tears while the other fairies tried to console her. They did their best, but no matter what they said, she felt like she had no use in the Fairy World. So she decided to leave the Fairy Village against the other fairies' wishes.Not long after leaving the Fairy Village, she came upon a human village. This was the first time she had ever seen people, and she was amazed at how big they were and how large their houses needed to be. In fact, she could easily sneak into their houses to "spy" on the people she found so fascinating.She was particularly fond of a young human girl name Jessica. Jessica was about 6 years old, and she had a loose tooth “mummy my tooth is loose. Am I going to lose all of my teeth? I'm scared," cried Jessica.that night while jessica was eating her dinner her tooth fell out.Her mother tried to console her by saying, "Well, why don't you save your teeth in a little box. That way, you'll never really lose them." Jessica's father had made a tiny little wooden box for his match sticks, and he gave this to Jessica for her tooth.that night before jessica went to bed she put her box that had her tooth inside of it under her pillow the white fairy needed to see it so that night when jessica was asleep she snuck in the crack of her window and went and looked at it. it was like a tiny pearl she whisperd to herself I have to have it so she reached in her fairy bank and got out two gold coins and replaced her tooth with them. In the morning jessica found the gold coins and yelld “mummy mummy look what I have got I have two dimes” her mother said wow thats great honey” and thats how the tooth fairy got her job the end

Conclusion of Speech
I thoroughly enjoyed researching the tooth fairy but I have to admit I feel a bit of disappointment in thinking the tooth fairy may not be real.  However, at the end of the day our beliefs are our own so regardless of what stories you hear, what facts you come across only you can decide whether you believe in the tooth fairy or not or anything else for that matter.  When it comes to the tooth fairy, for me, I don’t know but when I lose my next tooth I will be eagerly awaiting the arrival of the tooth fairy to see who she really is.  She may not be a she at all. So do you believe in the tooth fairy?