Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for September 22, 2018

So, unicorns hear “oatmeal” as “Unicorn Twitter meal”?

Unicorns have Unicorn Twitter, humans have Tweetface. That implies that Tweetface came first, but unicorns didn’t want to just slap their name onto it.

Have fun at that, Phoebe (thank good the spell is only temporary).

Phoebe got off lightly!

The Book of Three lay closed on the table. Taran had never been allowed to read the volume for himself; now he was sure it held more than Dallben chose to tell him. In the sun-filled room, with Dallben still meditating and showing no sign of stopping, Taran rose and moved through the shimmering beams. From the forest came the monotonous tick of a beetle. His hands reached for the cover. Taran gasped in pain and snatched them away. They smarted as if each of his fingers had been stung by hornets. He jumped back, stumbled against the bench, and dropped to the floor, where he put his fingers woefully into his mouth. Dallben’s eyes blinked open. He peered at Taran and yawned slowly. “You had better see Coll about a lotion for those hands,” he advised. “Otherwise, I shouldn’t be surprised if they blistered.”

[ The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander ]

Neigh oats whinny neigh neigh whinny!

(It loses something in translation)

How does LOL work in unicornese?

Looks like neigh neigh neigh is turning into nyah nyah nyah!

She’s that weird kid from the neigh-bourhood. Maybe her dad won’t blink an eye.

I hope Phoebe’s dad is able to understand and reply to her in ‘Unicornese’. Some ‘dad’ skills are best not revealed until needed. It makes the child more aware of the parent’s knowledge base.

I am reminded of KhalidSMShahin’s disturbing and hilarious “My Real Ponies” series on YouTube.

Did they just leave the spell book lying on the ground?

I think that would make a better post on U-Tube.

It’s not permanent!!? Too bad… :p