We bought a copy of Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn recently. The Rankin / Bass cartoon is one of the first movies I remember watching. Our five-year-old daughter was fascinated by the notion her parents were reading a book about unicorns. We have the cartoon, but I’m afraid it might be a little intense for her yet. Still, she has wanted me to read her excerpts and tell her about the story.
The following contains spoilers.
Daughter: Why is she the last unicorn?
Father: The others were kidnapped by a man named King Haggard.
Daughter: Why did he kidnap them?
Father: Well, he thought they would make him happy.
Daughter: Did they make him happy?
Father: For a while they did.
Daughter: But then they didn’t?
Father: Not really, no.
Daughter: Why?
Father: Well, he tried a lot of things to make him happy.
Daughter: And they didn’t?
Father:…
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