I wrote this story when I was 6 1/2 years old
Once upon a time there were four unicorns. One was just born and her name was Shine. Her sister’s name was Gleam, her mum’s name was Flare and her dad’s name was Flicker. Shine’s family lived on the edge of a forest in Turkey. This forest was known for its shooting stars.
Unicorns are really rare magical creatures that start to fly when they are just born. Unicorns are different to white horses because unicorns glow sparkly white and they have white feathery wings and a cone shaped horn on their foreheads.
Unicorns act like shooting stars to keep humans from knowing their secret.
Shine was a beautiful unicorn. She was small and white and very thin. Her sparkly horn was striped with pink and yellow. But it was not all good for Shine. She was shy and quiet. When her mum tried to teach her how to fly, Shine was just too scared to try. It just didn’t work.
One full moon night her big sister Gleam teased Shine by flying around the house three times and calling loudly “Try and fly but you are too scared to try! Na-na na-na-na!”
Shine was so angry. She galloped furiously into the misty forest...
Shine was in a little wiggly passage way that led her deeper into the forest. She looked back at her house, hoping that no-one was there to stop her. Shine wasn’t allowed to go into the forest – there were wild mysterious beasts there.
Shine stomped on further into the forest. Suddenly she heard hooves behind her. She jumped, and panted. Terrified, she ran for her life!
She galloped through the trees, wind on her sides, jumping over roots and fallen bark. She saw a tiny gap between the trees ahead of her. It was a hidden secret clearing surrounded by close trees.
Shine squeezed her thin white body between the trees. She was in a circular grassy area with thick trees around it. In the centre of the clearing was a small lake. Shine walked slowly over to the water. There was a crystal in the middle of the lake, on a tiny grassy island. Bright moonlight shone on the crystal.
Shine wanted to take a closer peek. She jumped over the lake to take a look...and when she got into the air, she stayed there! Her wings were flapping, she was flying for the first time – she was flying!
Hooray! Shine felt brilliant.
Now she could fly, Shine circled nine times around the forest and her family’s house before she went home to tell her Mum and Dad.
People who saw it never forgot the shooting star that circled nine times around the forest before falling to earth.
