Can I Plese Cepe My Tooth?

AJ lost tooth #3 at school on Friday.  He was thrilled that it came out at school because that meant he got to have a special trip to the nurse's office for the tiny treasure chest that she gives to kids who lose a tooth at school.  I don't remember a treasure chest when we were young.  What did we do if our tooth fell out at school?  Go to the bathroom and wrap it in a brown industrial paper towel?  He decided he wanted to write this note to the tooth fairy asking to keep his tooth and still get the money.  The tooth fairy didn't appear the first night.  We speculated about her failure to show. Perhaps she was sick?  Maybe AJ should have been more specific in his note about wanting to keep the tooth AND still get the money?  Or maybe it was just that he stayed up too late that night and the tooth fairy had made her rounds while he was still awake.  She appeared the next night and left the $3 and all was well again.