The gold tooth book

M asked for stories out of "the gold tooth book," last week.

I had to blink for a bit to know what he means.  The replacement book was printed about 16 years later than the ones I inherited from my grandparents, so it’s guilding hasn’t worn off yet.  I used to say the missing book was like a missing tooth, when the book came in the mail I joked that it was like a gold tooth to replace the missing one.  I guess M was listening to me.