A Glory Of Unicorns – Bruce Coville

But Kwa Wei must never know how it happened, or she will be unhappy. It is a sad thing, but if I do not do it, there will be war with Duke Ling.” Uncle Lu was not a bad man. Nevertheless, he planned to do this bad thing.

Kwa Wei would have her sight; she would be able to marry her betrothed; no one would be offended, so there would be no war. What was the life of the Liu-mu, which after all was ugly, compared to all these good outcomes? Even so, Uncle Lu felt terrible. The following afternoon, Kwa Wei once more rode the Liu-mu in and out of Fairyland.

“I smell a flower unlike anything in my uncle’s gardens!” she said excitedly. “What does it look like, oh most beautiful and strong Poh?” “It looks like a persimmon tree, but its flowers are lacy hollow balls that glow in the middle.” “Oh! And I smell something like a tulip tree, but it’s different!”

“Its leaves are purple and red, but its flowers are emer- ald green.” “Is it true?” said Kwa Wei. “Fairyland is a beautiful place, intended for a unicorn as beautiful as you.” The Liu-mu felt guilty not to admit he was not a Poh- unicorn. To make amends for his lie, he said to the rider on his back: “I would like to take you to visit the Vale of the Unicorns.”

“Is there such a vale?” asked Kwa Wei enthusiastically. “The Vale of the Unicorns is terrifyingly beautiful, so much so that mortals go blind if they see it. As you are al- ready blind, it will be perfectly safe. Even without your sight, you will feel the beauty, and smell the beauty, and hear the beauty of the Vale of the Unicorns.” Therefore the Liu-Mu took his rider toward two stone lanterns. The lanterns began to grow until they were as large as temples. Then Kwa Wei and the ugly unicorn were in the Vale of the Unicorns.

The first unicorn they met was the fierce Hiai-chi. It was humming to itself—a primitive chant in a deep voice. If birds were as big as dragons, they might sound like the humming Hiai-chi. “What is making such a deep song?” asked Kwa Wei, clinging tightly to the Liu-mu’s curly mane. “It is my friend the Hiai-chi. You can say hello to it.” “Hello, Hiai-chi.

I have come to the Vale of the Unicorns riding the beautiful, strong Poh.” The Hiai-chi was a unicorn twice the size of an ele- phant. Its horn sprouted between the eyes of its dragon head. It had a tail like a hundred brooms and a mane like a lion.

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ISBN 0-439-06628-X The Guardian of Memory © 1998 Bruce Coville * The Healing Truth © 1998 by Kathryn Lay * Child of Faerie © 1998 by Gail Kimberly * Stealing Dreams © 1998 by Ruth O’Neill * The Dream-Child © 1998 by Nancy Varian Berberick * Tearing Down the Unicorns © 1998 by Janni Lee Simner * Beyond the Fringe © 1998 by Gregory Maguire * A Song for Croaker Nordge © 1998 by Nancy Varian Berberick and Greg* LaBarbera * Story Hour © 1998 by Katherine Coville * The Unicorns of Kabustan © 1998 by Alethea Eason * The Ugly Unicorn © 1991 by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.

Originally published in Fairy Tales. * The New Girl © 1998 by Sean Stewart. Compilation copyright © 1998 by Bruce Coville. Illustrations copyright © 1998 by Alix Berenzy. All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, APPLE PAPERBACKS, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 45/0 Printed in the U.S.A.

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