Chapter Three

Chapter Three: Unicorn Crossings

The troll didn't quite give up yet. He thought and thought. Finally, he came up with something. "I'll make two paths one with traps and one with a deep hole in case she doesn't pick one." Now the dumb troll didn't know that the unicorn was standing outside the cave to hear the nasty old trolls plan.

That afternoon the unicorn hid behind a tree to see the nasty old troll finish his plans.

She knew where all the traps were, she could fly over them. "Dum dee dum dee dum what shall I do today. Oh-me-oh-my! A path. Better yet, two paths. Which one shall I take?"

She thought the second one had a hole, so she could fly over the hole. She picked the second path. She found the hole and saw the troll setting up the net.

The unicorn waited for the net to be set up. When the troll was ready he ran out of the hole and behind a tree. The unicorn stepped up to the edge, and threw a huge stone in the hole.

The net came up. The troll was so excited he tripped over a stump, rolled down into the net, and captured himself.

What will happen next? Will the troll finally capture the unicorn? And where is the princess in this story? Stay tuned for the concluding chapters  of The Unicorn, The Troll, and the Princess . . . . 

The Story I wrote in the 4th Grade: Chapter One

While cleaning out the garage and going through boxes of old stuff--stuff from Thailand, stuff from my childhood through high school, and early college years, I lovingly call my "goof-off years"--I found a story that I wrote and illustrated in the fourth grade: The Unicorn, the Troll, and the Princess. I really liked unicorns as a child. I still want one!

Well I decided to edit it (mostly change punctuation and spelling errors, and take out repetitive phrases), and post it here chapter by chapter (there are only 5 short chapters),  along with three poems I wrote: "Trolls," "Unicorns," "A Princess."

Chapter 1 Almost Captured

Once there was a unicorn. It was so friendly, so wise, and so talented. It had wings like a dove and flew swiftly through the air. Everyone liked the nice friendly unicorn, but a troll wanted to capture her horn for the power. The power was so strong it could purify poisoned water. The troll wanted to capture this unicorn so he could take the horn for the power.

When the unicorn heard this she was so frightened she went into the forest so she couldn't get captured. She went to a pond to have a cool sip of water (it was a very hot day). She stood up to see her lovely reflection. Her reflection looked funny, then she noticed a troll was walking up to her with a net. When the troll was about to capture her, she flew away. He tripped over a stone fell into the net and floated down into the pond. The troll said, "I'll get you next time!"