Don't underestimate a mailman

The evening sun, reflected a gold path across the rapid waves. The seagulls overhead,

depicted the most suttle touch to the scenery. Dave, the mailman, was on his way to the last

delivery of the night. It was almost 6 o'clock, off the Seattle coast, the back roads reflected

childhood memories in the back of Dave's mind. The mailtruck slowly pulled up to the silver mailbox.

Dave didn't have any idea, that, that one single letter, wrapped in a pale-white envelope and

red cursive letters, would prove to be a very important step in his life. Just as Dave put

the red flag up, a young girl ran out the farm door of her house. The girl introduced

herself as Lily, her toothless smile shining bright, and handed Dave the yellow envelope.

Before skipping back to the house, Lily leaned up close( motioning for Dave to bend down so

she could tell him something), and asked Dave to promise and deliver the letter to her friend.

Dave couldn't help, but smile, as he looked at the little girl skip towards home. Written in a

a purple marker were the words: MRS. TOOTH FAIRY. at TOOTH FAIRY'S PALACE.

The next morning, Dave saw a pale-white envelope with red letters, he smiled and

started driving toward his first delivery. Day-after-day, Dave continued to deliver the

pale-white envelope and replaced it with the bright yellow envelope. Soon, him and lily

were great friends. Dave learned that Lily lived with her foster parents and had two imaginary

friends, Maggie and Gabriel. She also explained, when she grew up, she wanted to meet the

tooth fairy and tell her how appreciative she was to finally have such a great and loyal friend!

For many more months, Dave continued to explore the imagination of the little girl, but he knew it had to end soon.

Her tenth birthday was coming up,and her teeth were not the only thing maturing, she was

beginning to understand life in a more adequate manner.



It was mid-September, the clouds overhead were glum and the day seemed to drag on and on.

Dave slowly looked through his crate, his life was normal, but yet that missing letter felt like

a missing piece of life itself. Lily's smile came back to is mind, he couldn't leave his friend w

waiting. The next morning, Dave drove up the back dirt road and stopped at a familiar cobblestone drive.

Hidden in the bushes beside the rode, was a little girl in a black dress, sat in the foggy

mist, filling her dress with a puddle of tears and blackberry juice. Dave's arms surrounded the

litle girl in a big hug, he may be just a mailman, but that little girl and the white letter

had given his job purpose for many months. While Lily explained the tragedy of finding her

foster mom in the middle of signing the pale-white envelope, she had for so many years, believed,

belonged to her beloved friend the tooth fairy. In the middle of sobbing, Lily explained that she

didn't have any friends now. The only thing that could get her to smile was a piece of childhood,

a friend, a magical being. Dave leaned down, kissed the top of her head and whispered a secret

in Lily's ear, that she would remember forever. Dave told her, he wasn't just a mailman, he was a magical being. Dave was Lily's friend!