When I was a little girl I used to try to catch the tooth fairy. I believed that if I put an open hand under my pillow (and around my tooth) I would feel her, wake up, and close my hand, thus catching the fairy. Alas, I never did.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- My nephew refuses to put his tooth under his pillow in case the fairy burns him with her wand.— Nina
- I used to think that the tooth fairy puts you in a deep sleep before stealing your tooth/teeth.Anon
- I used to believe that in the tooth fairy took all your teeth and built a tooth city for her to live in!Anon
- when i was a child i used to believe if i put my tooth under the bed the tooth fairy would give me money— milena
- i used to believe that if my tooth came out the tooth fairy would come and kill me!!!— dangerous tooth fairy
- i used to believe that the tooth fairy was a big tooth with wings— mary