"How to Create Your Own Unicorn" by Rebeca G.

Millions of people have been deceived. Dogs are not man’s best friend at all. As the wisest and most studied scholars know, unicorns are by far both mortal and immortal beings’ most esteemed companions. However, obtaining a unicorn can be the cause of insurmountable debt for some people; since they are rear and valuable creatures, they are exceedingly expensive even in Diagon alley located in London. Nevertheless, there is still hope for those of you who wish to have a unicorn of your own. If you follow my recipe perfectly, you will be able to create your own living, breathing unicorn.

First, you must make sure that you have the ingredients for this recipe available. The ingredients include: the rib of a horse (preferably that of a mustang), a teaspoon of a phoenix’s ashes, a pinch of pixie dust, food coloring (the color of your choice), a strand of elf hair, a cup of moonlight, sea foam from the mermaid’s cavern, a tablespoon of an unpolluted dream, and an ice cream cone dipped in holy water (I have found that an ice cream cone is the most accessible to humans).  If you desire to create a flying unicorn, be sure to include two owl feathers as well.

1.     Fill a cauldron halfway with water and a pinch of pixie dust. Whisper into the cauldron the words, “Audāx anima, beatus bestia, formella castus caballas”.

2.     Allow the water and pixie dust to come to boil.

3.     Add the horse rib and the strand of elf hair. Mix slowly until the concoction begins to smoke.

4.     Slowly add a teaspoon of phoenix ashes into the mixture along with the cup of moonlight.* Lower the fire and let the mixture simmer.

*Make sure you pour the moonlight into the cauldron quickly or it will dissolve back into the night sky.

5.     Feel free to add the food coloring of your choice (white and black are the most common colors).

If you have chosen to add wings to your unicorn, be sure to add the 2 owl feathers immediately after the food coloring. Let it simmer for 10 minutes.

6.     Pour the sea foam into the concoction as well as the unpolluted dream. Make sure that you get the entire dream into the concoction. Stir the contents thoroughly.

7.     Finally, include the cone dipped in holy water and be sure to cover the cauldron with a steel lid.

·      After 20 minutes, open the lid and distinguish the fire that heats up the cauldron. Whisper the desired name of your unicorn into the cauldron and stand as far away as possible from the mixture. Be sure to stand at a distance that still allows you to see the bubbling contents of the pot clearly.

·      Your unicorn should pop out of the cauldron immediately after you utter the words, “Nascor, crescō, halō, luceō. Audeō, dingus bestia”. (Make sure you are the first person your unicorn sees).

Enjoy your new creation! Remember that besides grass, your unicorn also requires an oompaloompa fruit, found in the Netherlands, in order to be as healthy as possible. Good Luck! I wish you the best with your new unicorn.