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THAT NIGHT

  Woofles turned around and ran back towards the bush.

  He was nearly there when he stopped and turned around.

  “Mr Unicorn?” he shouted.

  “Call me Sam” said Sam.

  “Can my owners have a ride on you?”

  “Why should I let them ride on me?” asked Sam

  “Because they are very good, and they don’t make a lot of noise like I do.” Said Woofles.

  “I will think about it” said Sam

  “They are always nice to me and nice to the horses,” said Woolfes.

  “I said I will think about it, now off you go little dog, before you get in trouble.”

  When Woofles left the land of the Fairies the sky went back to being grey.

  The grass became normal and muddy.

  That night the two girl were asleep in bed.

  Fay woke up.

  Fay had a bad dream.

  It wasn’t a normal bad dream where she could cry for her mum.

  It was an extra scary bad dream. She was too scared to make any noise at all.

  She shared the room with her sister who was fast asleep.

  Fay was so scared now that she could not move.

  She was too scared to go back to sleep in case the bad dream came back.

  THE UNICORN

  Then, as if by magic she felt all better.

  All the fear went away.

  And a big white horse with a horn on its head appeared from nowhere.

  Fay got out of bed and went over to stoke the horse.

  Halley woke up too.

  “How did you do that Fay,” Halley asked, “Mum will be angry,”

  “I didn’t do anything,” said Fay “He just happened,”

  “What if he makes a mess?” Said Halley

  “All our things are put away, he can’t make a mess. Anyway, I don’t think horses like toys,”

  “Not that sort of mess, what if he poos?” Said Halley.

  “I am not a horse and I do NOT make a mess,” said Sam.

  The two girls stepped back.

  “Do not worry. I am here because I was told that you where very good girls. Do you want a ride?”

  “Mum said we are not allowed,” said Halley.

  “We need a special helmet and a saddle,” said Fay

  “It’s dangerous for little girls to ride horses,” said Halley.

  “You are good girls,” said Sam “But I am not a horse, I am a unicorn. I am magic. You can tell I am a unicorn by the horn on my head. You are safe to ride on me.”

  “Are you sure?” asked Halley.

  “I’m sure,” said Sam. “You do not need a special helmet or a saddle to ride a unicorn.”

  Fay whispered into Halley’s ear.

  “We aren’t supposed to go with strangers either,” said Halley “Even if you are a talking magic unicorn,”

  Woofles knocked the door open and came into the room.

  “I am sure your Mum just meant strange humans.

  I am sure she did not mean unicorns or police.” Said Sam

  Halley held her finger to her mouth and thought for a moment.

  “Ok then,” said Halley “But we want to take Woofles with us for protection,”

  “Woofles?” giggled Sam “The little dog’s name is Woofles,”

  Woofles felt himself feel really silly again, for lying about his name.

  “He’s our dog! We love him,” said Fay “you are not allowed to make fun of him,”

  “You are right,” said Sam “I am sorry, would you like to climb on my back now,”

  The two sisters, with Halley holding onto Woofles, got on to the Unicorn’s back.

  Sam made himself vanish, with the girls, to the land of Fairies.

  LAND OF FARIES

  In the land of the Fairies, Sam rode through the woods.

  The girls bounced gently up and down on his back as he ran.

  It was night time, the moon was full and there were loads of bright stars.

  The air was warm and sweet.

  The tree leaves looked silver in the moonlight.

  Halley tried to duck under the low branches, that she thought might hit her, but she didn’t need to.

  The Tree branches moved out of the way all by themselves.

  Sam rode out of the woods really fast and over a hill.

  The girls hair was blown back by the wind because they were going so fast.

  Sam went faster and faster.

  Halley closed her eyes as she saw a pond ahead of them.

  The pond was really bright because of the moon’s light coming off it.

  Sam jumped.

  The bouncing stopped.

  They seemed to be going much faster now.

  It was a bit like being really high on a swing, but much better.

  Then there was a big thump, followed by the bouncing again.

  Sam had landed on the other side of the pond.

  The girls had not fallen off.

  You cannot fall off a unicorn unless he wants you to.

  The girls were smiling all the way home.

  They had really enjoyed the ride.

  It was much better than riding a horse.

  Sam rode for a bit longer before taking them home.

  He appeared in their room.

  The girls got off his back and climbed into bed.

  “Did you enjoy that?” Asked Sam.

  “Yes,” said Fay.

  “Thank you, Sam,” said Halley.

  “I don’t want to go to sleep,” said Fay “I get bad dreams,”

  “Don’t worry” said Sam “next time you get a bad dream just shut your eyes tight and think of me. I will come and chase the bad dream away,”

  Just to be sure Fay had no more bad dreams, Sam waited for her to fall asleep.

  Sam made sure they both had good dreams.

  Dreams about chocolate and playing in the woods on a nice day.

  GOOD DOG

  “Thank you,” said Woofles “And I’m sorry I lied to you,”

  “That is ok,” Said Sam “One day you will learn that there is nothing wrong with being a little dog. The important thing is that you are a good little dog that makes people happy,”

  Sam then nodded his head and vanished.

  Woofles didn’t really believe Sam, he liked pretending to be a big dog.

  In the morning Halley thought the unicorn had been a dream.

  Halley had to go to school.

  Fay knew the unicorn was real.

  She could see the hoof prints in the carpet, until Mum cleaned over them.

  She tried to tell her Mum all about it.

  Her mum just smiled and said,

  “That’s nice dear, now go and play while I finish washing up,”

  Woofles was sure he wanted to visit the land of the Fairies again someday.

  If he could talk, he would tell the two sisters how to get there as well.

  Maybe he will try and lead them there to play.

  THE END.