"Jacob, look!" Sophia giggled, holding up a shiny, red toothbrush. "It looks like a tiny car for my teeth!" Jacob, her fluffy dog, wagged his tail, his tongue flopping out in a happy grin. Sophia loved brushing her teeth, especially when she pretended her toothbrush was a race car zooming around her mouth.
One sunny morning, Sophia and Jacob were playing pirates in the backyard. Sophia, wearing her dad’s oversized pirate hat, tripped over a shiny rock. “Whoa!” she exclaimed. The rock shimmered and suddenly, they were whisked away in a swirl of sparkling lights.
When the lights faded, Sophia gasped. They were on a beach! Palm trees swayed in the breeze, and the ocean sparkled like a thousand diamonds. It was a deserted island! “This is amazing!” Sophia squealed, her eyes wide with wonder. Jacob barked excitedly, chasing after a crab scuttling across the white sand.
As they explored the island, they stumbled upon a clearing. In the middle stood a magnificent castle made of seashells and coral. A sad-looking boy with a crown sat on a throne outside. “Hello,” Sophia said. “Are you a prince?” The boy sniffled. “Yes, I’m Prince Sammy. But I lost my smile!”
Sophia loved helping people, just like the doctors she saw at the hospital, her secret hideout. “Don’t worry, Prince Sammy,” she said with a determined nod. “We’ll find your smile!” Prince Sammy pointed to a note beside him. “There was a riddle,” he said, “but I can’t read!”
Sophia, being a very smart four-year-old, took the note. It read:
*I sparkle and shine,
Keeping your teeth so fine.
What am I?*
Sophia gasped. “I know this one!” she exclaimed. “It’s a toothbrush!” Prince Sammy looked confused. “Tooth… what?”
Sophia explained all about brushing your teeth – how it kept them healthy and sparkly. “Maybe your smile is lost because you forgot to brush your teeth?” she suggested. Prince Sammy’s eyes widened. “Brush my teeth? What’s that?”
Sophia searched for something, anything, that could work as a toothbrush. She spotted a long blade of grass by a coconut tree. “This will do!” she declared. She showed Prince Sammy how to gently brush up and down, back and forth, just like her toothbrush at home.
At first, Prince Sammy made a face. But as he brushed, something magical happened. His teeth began to sparkle, brighter and brighter, until his whole face lit up with a huge grin! “My smile! I found it!” Prince Sammy jumped up and down, his laughter echoing across the island.
Just then, the same sparkly rock they'd seen before appeared. “I think it’s time to go home,” Sophia whispered to Jacob. Holding the rock tight, they were whisked back to their backyard, leaving a very happy, very smiley Prince Sammy behind.
That night, as Sophia brushed her teeth, making her toothbrush zoom and race, she giggled. "Brushing teeth is important," she said to Jacob. "It helps even princes find their smiles!" Jacob barked in agreement, happy to see Sophia’s own bright smile shining back at him.
