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A Unicorn For Andromeda.

It had been a good summer with just the occasional days rain here and there. I was on the last week of my walking holiday when I thought I heard the low whinny of a horse. As I got to the top of the hill I saw in front of me a low shed the walls were good and so was the door but most of the tiles had come off from the roof. It looked dilapidated. I heard the whinny again this time a little louder. There is something wrong with that horse I said to myself and approached the door of the shed. The door was locked and did not give way as I put my weight to it. I could now hear the horse clearly and it was in some kind of trouble. Looking around the hut I found on the far side a ladder. Placing the ladder to the roof I climbed up and looked through one of the openings that had been made as the tiles had fallen off.

To my great surprise I saw that a Unicorn filthy with dirt and with its bones sticking out from its very thin body. I made the hole larger and pulling the ladder up behind me onto the roof I lowered the ladder down into the shed and climbed down. The floor was covered with horse droppings and the strong smell of urine was now overpowering. I moved to the animal and proceeded to stroke it. It gave a soft moan from its mouth and I saw that its eyes were dull. All that I had with me was my magic wand given to me by Her Majesty Queen Feeana, Queen of all the Fairies. I gently placed my hands around the Unicorns neck and spoke the magic words that transferred us to the Fairies Winter Quarters under the Himalayan Mountains.

Here I gave the Unicorn some water and then a large palette of freshly cut hay. Her Majesty appeared and saw that I had brought the Unicorn to the winter quarters. I explained to her majesty that I could think of no safer place for the poor animal than here. Here it would be safe from its so-called owner. No one can own a Unicorn as you all know but this one had been caught late one night by a Wizard who immediately placed it in the shed. He had sawn off the horn and used it to make magic spells he fed the animal only when he thought of it and as for water that each animal needs daily he just was not bothered.

Her Majesty took from her dress pocket her Magic wand and murmuring a spell in the old language she waved the wand at the unicorn. I should not have been surprised but what a change the Unicorn was now snow white and its horn had grown to its full extent and its intelligent eyes again had the spark of hope. The Queen spoke to it in her gentle voice and it told us of its being captured and left to rot in the shed. It had often heard people going by but no one had heard its whinnies for help. It seems that I had been the first to answer its call for help in ten long years of captivity in the Wizards shed.

Her Majesty spoke once again to the unicorn telling it that she was sending it to the Galaxy of Andromeda to the planet where the original fairies lived. There were the Dragons and Unicorns and the flying horses that were in such danger on earth. All roamed the planet freely and had no enemies on their world. The Queen then waved her wand once more a blue flash a small puff of smoke and the Unicorn disappeared. “What are you thinking about? Her Majesties question made me aware that I was still in the caves under the Himalayan Mountains. “ Your Majesty,” I heard myself say, “That Wizard needs to be punished for his crime against a harmless animal I suggest that you turn him into a donkey and send him to North Africa to work for a poor Farmer. Let him feel for himself what it is like to have little water or feed and to work for long periods.” Her Majesty smiled and said,”So it shall be, he will stay in North Africa until the ten years are up then he will have to find his way back to England. That is indeed a fitting punishment for such a cruel man.” With another wave of her wand I found myself back home in my Kitchen making a pot of fresh tea. I had been away for three whole weeks.

I spent the next couple of weeks tending my back garden there was so many weeds to pull from the ground the grass needed cutting both back and front. I was very busy and did not go to the woods for about a month. When I did go to the woods the Fairies were full of the fact that I had rescued a Unicorn. A dance was quickly organised and yes I was the Guest of Honour for that evening. The Fairies laid on a very good meal and many a fairy cake disappeared down my throat. The drinks were out of this world with Parsley wine elderberry wine and my favourite Parsnip wine. I must admit I went to my bed very late that evening or should I say early hours of the morning.