这个故事的作者是西班牙作家路易斯·科洛马（1851—1915）。1894年，王后玛丽亚·克里斯蒂娜请他给八岁的儿子、国王阿方索十三世写一个故事，因为小国王刚掉了一颗牙。王后平时叫儿子「布比」，科洛马就把这个小名写进了故事。1911年，它第一次单独印成了书。

This story was written by the Spanish writer Luis Coloma (1851–1915). In 1894, Queen Maria Christina asked him to write a story for her eight-year-old son, King Alfonso XIII, who had just lost a tooth. The queen called her son Bubi at home, and Coloma put this pet name into the story. In 1911, it was printed as a book of its own for the first time.

2003年，马德里市政府在阿雷纳尔街8号挂上一块纪念牌，说按照科洛马的故事，小老鼠佩雷斯就住在这里。他成了第一个被马德里挂牌纪念的虚构人物。如今在西班牙和许多拉丁美洲国家，孩子掉了牙都放在枕头底下，等佩雷斯来换一份小礼物；在墨西哥、秘鲁等地，人们叫他「牙齿老鼠」。

In 2003, the City Council of Madrid put up a plaque at number 8, Calle del Arenal, saying that according to the story by Coloma, Perez the Mouse lived here. He became the first fictional character to be honored with a plaque in Madrid. Today, in Spain and many Latin American countries, children put a lost tooth under the pillow and wait for Perez to swap it for a little gift. In parts of Mexico and Peru, he is called the Tooth Mouse.

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