by WiZ » Thu May 03, 2018 10:29 pm
Earnest
He was rewarded = the parents gave him money? yes Was him rewarded by parents? (E.g. money secretly during night?) Yes (and yes to your example) Was the lost of the tooth coincident with Christmas? no Did he stop beliving in the fairy? yes Was him punished for the same reason he was rewarded? no Did he lose another tooth? no Naturally? n/a Did he steal money? no Did he do something related with teeth? no
GalFisk
Does he find out that the tooth fairy is not real? Yes Do his parents punish him? yes Do they reward him y giving him tooth fairy money? yes Is the punishment related to: money? Teeth? The tooth fairy? Childhood beliefs? this Not telling his parents when he lost the tooth? and this
InvisibleMimsy
Did he lose the tooth in the normal fashion, i.e. it was a baby tooth which fell out, or did he knock it out? it was a baby tooth Did they then pay him directly, or did he have to leave it under his pillow for the 'tooth fairy' to swap it for a coin? the latter Had he already tried that 3 nights ago? no Did he use the same trick twice? no Was it his own tooth yes; no to rest, a friend's, the dog's? Was there just one tooth involved? yes Did he find his parent's old tooth stash and use one of those (which had already been paid for previously?) no - and I was unfamiliar with this phenomenon!
***** SPOILER *****
The precocious, skeptical young lad had set up an experiment to test the existence of the tooth fairy. Having lost a tooth, he placed it under his pillow but did not tell his parents. He did not receive money from the tooth fairy. On the third day, he told his parents he had lost the tooth. He wakes up to find the tooth gone and money under his pillow. He then reveals his scheme to his parents, who scold him for duping them (but are secretly proud of their son's scientific rigour)!
Congratulations, Earnest, GalFisk and InvisibleMimsy, and thank you everyone for playing!