Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for October 15, 2024

It overrides the spell that gives her magic tree-dodging powers?

That’s like saying you crashed your car because there was a roadblock in the way.

I learned long ago when following a compass bearing, don’t just stare at the compass, look where you’re going and where you’re stepping. That way you can avoid that huge patch of poison ivy.

This kind of magic worked better for Inigo Montoya when he was trying to find Westley in the pit.

Where did that tree come from? !

Cue Nelson Muntz laughing.

Ah, trees. Always jumping out into someone’s path without warning.

Be grateful it’s not an Ent, Marigold. Then the entire forest would attack you.

(Sorry, I’m a Lord of the rings fan. I just had to say it.)

Thank goodness that wasn’t Florence!

That tree spent decades growing in just the right spot to some day block Marigold. Diabolical!

That probably hurts more than you think.

What will you do next? hit a rock on a hill and reveal a secret entrance?

Who put that tree there?

Just how sharp is Marigold’s horn??

It’s never the fault of the Unicorn!

Do a Darth Vader impression, Marigold: “[mechanical wheeze] You have failed me for the last time, tree….”

Isn’t it exasperating how trees just stand there and refuse to get out of your way?

Maybe she just pressed a secret button on the tree like good ol’ Inigo Montoya!

She was probably due…. after all, how long has it been since she has had her horn stuck in a tree?

Thwunk into the tree like an arrow from the Green Arrow. “You have failed this city …… er …… oak tree”

What the-

where did the tree even come from???

Watch out for that tree!

(To quote a certain guy from a jungle … )