An Icky Job But Someone Has to Do It

By Laura Ware

According to her mother, Kalinda is destined to follow in her footsteps as Tooth Fairy. The only problem? Kalinda doesn't want the job. The very thought of touching children's teeth makes her sick. What's a young fairy to do?

About the Author:
LAURA WARE’s column “Laura’s Look” runs weekly in the News Sun (Highlands County). Along with her numerous epublished works she has sold several short stories to various publications; one appeared in a Pocket Books anthology. Laura lives in Central Florida.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JJ Press
• Release date: Feb 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301077519

Laura Ware

Laura Ware writes in a variety of genres. Her novels are mostly inspirational fiction, although she is currently working on a fantasy series as well. Her short fiction ranges from mainstream to fantasy/science fiction and several things in between. Her stories have been published in a number of Fiction River anthologies, including Past Crime, Last Stand, Editor’s Choice and Feel the Fear. Laura also writes a weekly column for the Highlands News-Sun and her essay “Touched by an Angel” was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Random Acts of Kindness in 2017.

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AN ICKY JOB BUT SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT

Laura Ware

AN ICKY JOB BUT SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT

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An Icky Job But Someone Has to Do It. Copyright © 2012 by Laura Ware

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All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction, in whole or in part in any form. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Kalinda tried to match her mother’s perfect landing on the second floor windowsill of the frame house. Of course, she didn’t. Unlike her parent, she only got one foot on the sill, the other on the sloped roof. Her blue silk slipper skidded on the slick shingle and she might have slid all the way to the edge if her mother hadn’t grabbed her arm.

Pay attention! her mother whispered.

I was! Kalinda answered, a little more loudly. The window was still closed, so she doubted the human child could hear them even if they shouted. But her mother was big on being careful. Not being seen by the humans was apparently the number one rule in the job of being the Tooth Fairy, and it was a rule that Kalinda had quoted to her at least three times each night she went with her mother on a job.

With a disapproving glare, Kalinda’s mom brandished her wand.