Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Global Honorable Mention - The lousy tooth fairy

Author(s)

Dana Starr

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

2-19-2018

Abstract

I was a lousy tooth fairy. I couldn't find the tooth. Dodging cigarette butts, syringes, and moldy fast food wrappers, I crawled on the filthy floor looking for my son's dental crown. The dentist said he'd reattach it for a minimal fee. He wasn't being kind. I'd already paid off a substantial portion of his mortgage to restore my son's beautiful smile. I needed to see that smile, but my son wasn't in his apartment like he said he'd be. Addicts aren't known for truthfulness.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

eCommons Citation

Starr, Dana, "Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Global Honorable Mention - The lousy tooth fairy" (2018). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1400.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1400