Object: a tooth, or toothbrush

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever lost a tooth? (Hold up the tooth or toothbrush and let them answer.) Do you have a special way to pull your own teeth, or do they just fall out on their own? (Let them answer.) I brought this tooth (or toothbrush) because I want to tell you a story about a tooth that fell out of a little boy's mouth.

Once there was a little boy who had a loose tooth. At night when the boy would go to sleep all the teeth would talk to each other. The tooth that was loose didn't get along with the other teeth. This loose tooth was not a friendly tooth. It didn't care if another tooth wasn't feeling well. This tooth usually pushed and shoved to the front of the line…