The Curious Case of Tooth Ear

There once was a curious young lad, aged 6, who was banished from the land for hoarding trains and not sharing. This young man was given the punishment of confinement to his quarters until lunch was served. He had only just begun his exile when mischief triumphed and screams burst forth from his chamber, causing mother to come running.

"There's a tooth in my ear!" he cried in anguish.

Sure enough, there was a tooth. He had contracted the rare condition known as "tooth ear", caused by not thinking before you act, and the same curiosity that killed the cat. This impetuous youth had, at the age of 3, gotten his huge head stuck in a potty chair, and just last year swallowed a penny due to the same causes.

Mother was able to fashion a hook out of some floral wire to snag the tooth out. Thankfully, no trip to the ER was needed.

Moral of the story: think before you act. And always keep some floral wire around, you never know when you'll need it!

The strange and awkward situations I find myself in because I'm a mother--more specifically, a mother to little boys--never ceases to amaze me. It is definitely not for the faint of heart.