In the U.S. there’s the Tooth Fairy, the magical elfin philanthropist that comes late at night to give some ka-ching to little kids in exchange for a tooth left under a pillow.

In France: same principle, different character. The French version is “La petite souris” (the little mouse), which comes to take your dents de lait (baby teeth) and slips you a euro or so.

This 3-minute video is a beautiful 3D-animated short called, “Opération Quenotte” (Operation Tooth) featuring the French Tooth Fairy, an adorable mouse on a tooth mission. En route, he runs into some inconveniences… (click on the photo to watch the video)

Dir: P.G. Stehr; Story Writer: E.Pisler; 3D Artists: D.Arnould, P.Billion, J.Bonnard, J.Delchiappo, D.Gautron, Y.Giaume, P.L.Hamon, A.Heboyan, M.Leffad, E.Letourneur, N.Lorvo, Y.Pelladeaud; Music: Barth; Editor: R.Hyder

[via bibi's box]