Tale summary
In the story young Prince Buby loses his tooth and is visited by a small mouse. The mouse carries a red satchel that he uses to collect all the teeth. In their place he leaves a small amount of money. When Buby catches the mouse in the act, Ratón Pérez agrees to take him along on his evening’s work. During the course of the story, Pérez takes the prince to his home to meet his family and on an errand too collect a tooth in one of the poorer areas of town. Here the story takes on a moral message as the prince sees the miseries of the poor and understands that he must do more for the people of his country.