五年级英语小故事：牙齿仙女.docx

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五年级英语小故事：牙齿仙女
The tooth fairy
Primitive peoples believe that hair， nail clippings， and los









五年级英语小故事：牙齿仙女
The tooth fairy
Primitive peoples believe that hair， nail clippings， and lost teeth remain magically linked to the owner even after they have been disconnected from his body. As any voodoo artist will tell you， if you want to grind someone into powder， you dont need to touch him at all. Its quite enough to stamp on a missing molar and let contagious magic do the rest. This is why peoples all over the world traditionally hide lost body parts， lest they fall into the wrong hands.
American childrens ritual of hiding lost teeth under their pillows probably derives distantly from this practice. But there is an obvious difference， for when Suzie conceals her baby milk-tooth， she fully expects it to be found， and by a good magician， not an evil one. Moreover， she expects to be paid for having surrendered it， and at the going rate. Nothing mare clearly suggests the blithe commercial gusto of our culture than this transformation of a fearful superstition into a cheery business transaction.