This tea is quite good, don't you agree?
Now, where
was I, oh yes, for the next couple of days, Arianna had spent most of her time
at her bedroom window, in hopes
of seeing the Unicorn again. On the third day
just as the sun had started to rise in the morning sky, Arianna was
awakened
once again by the sound of the Unicorns hoof beats approaching the
castle. She hurried to the window and there he was, the
black Unicorn! The
Unicorn had stopped just short of her bedroom window and in his mouth there was
a single red rose which
he gently laid on the ground and then stepped
away.
Suddenly, Arianna heard this voice inside her head telling her the rose
is a gift from a secret admirer, and in three days the
Unicorn would be back
to take her to him.. Arianna was just about to ask the Unicorn to tell her more,
when he turned and
trotted off into the forest. Arianna went to see her
father and told him about the Unicorn and the rose. The king, realising
that
his daughter was soon going to leave him in search of this secret
admirer turned away and began thinking of a way to stop her
from leaving the
castle. He was sure that this quest of hers would only lead to disaster.
The
king was a good man and truly believed he was saving his beloved daughter from
harm, and so he decided to lock her up in
one of the castles towers. That
very night he asked Arianna to come see a treasure he had found in one of the
tower rooms.
Arianna had no idea that her father planned to imprison her and
followed him up to the room in the castle tower. Once there, he
instructed
her to close her eyes and enter the room. As soon as she entered the room, he
shut and locked the door. She cried out
but the king told her this was for
her own good. Her new room was small and had only a small slot for a window. She
knew there
would be no way for her to leave with the Unicorn when he
returned. For two days Arianna just sat by the window and cried, knowing
that
she would never meet her admirer.
Finally, the Unicorn arrived as promised.
Arianna yelled to the Unicorn and explained to him that her father, the king had
imprisoned
her. The Unicorn stood silent for a time.......And just as he had
before, spoke to her in her mind. He told her that he would return
and rescue
her, but she must wait till the winter moon is full and high in the night sky.
With that, he turned and ran into the forest.
Arianna knew that the winter
moon was three months away. But knowing that her Unicorn would return and take
her away made
each day tolerable. Winter had finally arrived and Arianna knew
the time was near. The night before the full moon there was a terrible
ice
storm. The wind howled fiercely outside and the snow was so thick, Arianna could
not see beyond her window. She started to cry
again thinking that this would
prevent the Unicorn from coming, let alone rescue her.
Would you like
more tea? and perhaps something to eat? You must be starving by now! I will
return with some tea and cakes......