An Imgur user shared the hilarious prank he and his wife played on unsuspecting son Elliot after he lost a tooth, deciding that as well as the obligatory cash from the Tooth Fairy, Elliot needed a little extra encouragement to do his chores.
It all started when the unknown husband and dad totally forgot to leave Elliot money on his bedside table after the youngster’s tooth fell out.
They hatched a devious plan to create a “chore list” with a message from the Tooth Fairy promising that, if he doesn’t shape up, she’ll come by and take his teeth straight out of his mouth. Scary.
So mom drew up a very official-looking letter from the Offices of Tooth and Fairy, based in Hygienia, Molarville, complete with header and tooth-shaped watermark, to the “toothee” Mr. Elliot.
The stern Fairy advised him that “if these obligations [housework] are not fully completed … we will have no recourse but to repossess your remaining teeth, by force if necessary”.
“We have been notified by your Parental Units that these obligations have frequently gone uncompleted, and often have to be requested multiple times before they are, in fact, done.”
“By leaving your tooth out for one of our Tooth Adjusters, you, the Toothee, have entered into a contractual obligation to performed measured work, herein known as Chores.”
Elliot, it turned out, was less than pleased with the super official legal document the Tooth Fairy left him, but his parents said it made them laugh A LOT.
Cheer up, Elliot, at least you got five dollars. When you’re older, you’ll pay people to take your teeth — oh, and you’ll do all the chores. Unpaid.