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The Tooth Economy

by The QuillOak Editors

I lost a tooth on Monday;

the fairy paid a buck.

I counted nineteen others and

could not believe my luck.

I wiggled them all morning —

my fortune, ripe to fall!

(Mom says I can't "speed harvest."

Mom's no fun at all.)

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Quick facts

Poem
The Tooth Economy
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
8 lines
Form
Rhyming Poems, Lyric Poem
Themes
For Kids, Funny

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Shape
8 lines · 2 quatrains
End rhyme
ABCB in every stanza — ballad rhyme — only lines 2 and 4 chime.

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Source record
QuillOak originalThe Tooth Economy, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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