The Unicorn Boy

The Unicorn Boy

Written By Patrick Min Woo Han and Shannon Daly

Illustrated By Patrick Min Woo Han

There once was a boy named Lucas (middle name has been removed upon request of Lucas Les Laske) Laske.  He had no friends because he liked unicorns!  He had unicorn bedsheets! He had unicorn action figures.  Even, a unicorn furniture set, which matched his unicorn posters, unicorn wallpaper, and unicorn lunchbox.  Unicorns, unicorns, unicorns.

On his 18th birthday, his parents bought him a very special gift.  It cost them an arm and a leg!  It was the Ultimate Collector’s Edition Unicorn!

One very special night, Lucas woke up.  He thought he heard something move.  It was his unicorn toy, only it wasn’t a toy any more! IT WAS ALIVE!

Lucas was very happy that he finally had a friend, even if it was just a small unicorn toy.  That was all he needed.

Then, several days later, Lucas was walking to school when he noticed that everyone everywhere was wearing gray! They all looked so bored and had the same blank expressions.

Lucas did not like this at all.  Lucas was so used to happy people.  He liked glitter and colours.  But not gray.  Lucas began to frown.

Lucas soon found out that an evil elephant, named Dr. Evil Elephant, had sucked the funness out of the world. So, Lucas found his address in the Yellow Pages and rode his unicorn bike there.
Lucas knocked on the door holding a batch of cookies, with rainbow coloured frosting.

When Dr. Evil Elephant, the evil elephant, opened the door, he put on his best angry face and his best evil voice and said, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU LITTLE TWERP?”

Lucas frowned.

“Please don’t yell at me, sir!  Yelling is so unhappy and mean!”

Dr. Evil Elephant had no patience for this, of course, as he is an evil elephant doctor.  “I’ll yell at WHOEVER I want to yell at.  Especially a sparkly little loser like you!”

“Stop calling me names!  It makes me sad!” 
Lucas began to cry.

The evil Dr. Evil Elephant laughed his evil laugh. 
“Good! I’m glad!  Dr. Evil Elephant is my name and sadness is my game!”

Lucas, through his tears, managed to say, “Don’t you realize how awful the world will be without glitter and sparkles and happiness?  Please don’t take it away from us! Please!”

He reached forward to hug the elephant.  Upon contact, the elephant melted.

And everyone lived happily and sparkily ever after.

THE END.