(Scene: A fat old man is hoeing in his field as the unicorn walks up the road towards him.)

FARMER: Well, hello there, little one! Hello there, my dear! And just who might you belong to? A pretty little thing like you? Come on now, good girl! Good Bessie. (Takes off his belt and makes it into a loop.) Curry you up, clean you off, you'll be the prettiest old mare anywhere.

(The unicorn neighs loudly and eludes the belt.)

UNICORN: (voice only) Mare? Mare?! I, a horse? Is that what you take me for? Is that what you see?
FARMER: So, so, easy, easy, good girl. What a pretty sight you are! Feed you up, take you to the fair. Come on, horse!
UNICORN: (voice only) A horse, am I? A horse, indeed! (The unicorn hooks her horn through the belt, throws it to the ground, and runs off down the road, making the farmer lose his balance and fall.)
FARMER: Now there's a horse! My foot must have slipped.

(Scene: The unicorn is sitting by the side of the road. A man driving a carriage passes by and all he sees is a horse.)

UNICORN: (voice only) I had forgotten that men cannot see unicorns.

(INTRO)
If men no longer know what they are looking at, there may well be other unicorns in the world yet, unknown and glad of it.

AMERICA:
Horizon rising up to meet the purple dawn,
Dust demon screaming, bring an eagle to lead me on.
For in my heart, I carry such a heavy load.
Here I am, on man's road.
Walking man's road...
Walking man's road...

I'm hungry, weary, but I cannot lay me down.
The rain calls, dreary, but there's no shelter I have found.
It will be a long time till I find my abode,
Here I am, on man's road.
Walking man's road...
Walking man's road...

etc.

(Song Scenes: Unicorn walking down the road, rain falling past a bridge.)


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