Category: unicorn
Quotes of Category: unicorn
I'm not trying to impress you," he replied, glancing up at the front of the room. "Gads," he said, blinking in surprise. "What is that ?"Hyacinth followed his gaze. Several of the Pleinsworth progeny, one of whom appeared to be costumed as a shepherdess, were milling about."Now that's an interesting coincidence," Gareth murmured."It might be time to start bleating," she agreed."I thought this was meant to be a poetry recitation."Hyacinth grimaced and shook her head. "An unexpected change to the program, I'm afraid.""From iambic pentameter to Little Bo Peep?" he asked doubtfully. "It does seem a stretch."Hyacinth gave him a rueful look. "I think there will still be iambic pentameter."His mouth fell open. "From Peep?"She nodded, holding up the program that had been resting in her lap. "It's an original composition," she said, as if that would explain everything. "By Harriet Pleinsworth.The Shepherdess, the Unicorn, and Henry VIII .""All of them? At once?""I'm not jesting," she said, shaking her head."Of course not. Even you couldn't have made this up."Hyacinth decided to take that as a compliment."Why didn't I receive one of these?" he asked, taking the program from her."I believe it was decided not to hand them out to the gentlemen," Hyacinth said, glancing about the room. "One has to admire Lady Pleinsworth's foresight, actually. You'd surely flee if you knew what was in store for you. book-quotehumorsheephenry-viiiI always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?""It can talk," said Haigha, solemnly.The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said, "Talk, child."Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: "Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!""Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain? book-quotemythologymonsterbelieveUnicorns are immortal. It is their nature to live alone in one place: usually a forest where there is a pool clear enough for them to see themselves-for they are a little vain, knowing themselves to be the most beautiful creatures in all the world, and magic besides. They mate very rarely, and no place is more enchanted than one where a unicorn has been born. The last time she had seen another unicorn the young virgins who still came seeking her now and then had called to her in a different tongue; but then, she had no idea of months and years and centuries, or even of seasons. It was always spring in her forest, because she lived there, and she wandered all day among the great beech trees, keeping watch over the animals that lived in the ground and under bushes, in nests and caves, earths and treetops. Generation after generation, wolves and rabbits alike, they hunted and loved and had children and died, and as the unicorn did none of these things, she never grew tired of watching them. book-quotetimebeautifulmagic
