(Scene: The unicorn is sleeping in the grass by the side of the road. A black caravan of wagons approaches. On the side of two of them, a black canvas is hung. In red letters, it says "Mommy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival". In smaller ones underneath, "Creatures Of Night, Brought To Light". We see a bent old woman {VOICE OF ANGELA LANSBURY} driving the foremost wagon. She has a hat shaped like a tree branch, with a raven on it. She stops the wagon once she sees the unicorn.)

OLD WOMAN: Well. Well, bless my old husk of a heart. And here I thought I'd seen the last of them. (Calls to the wagons) Here, you two!

(We see two men get down from the second and third wagons. One is short and hunched, with an eye patch {VOICE OF BROTHER THEODORE}; the other is tall; we can't see his face yet {VOICE OF ALAN ARKIN}.)

MOMMY FORTUNA: If he knew... But I don't think I'll tell him. He'll think it's a horse for sure. Some wizard I hired.
SHORT MAN: Now just what in hell was that you stopped for?
MOMMY FORTUNA: What do you think it is, Rukh? What do you see lying there?
RUKH: Dead horse.
MOMMY FORTUNA: You're a fool! But I knew that. What about you, wizard? What do you see with your sorcerer's sight?

(Rukh elbows the tall man and laughs. We see his face now; he has no beard, green eyes, and a pointed blue cap. He stares at the unicorn. The old woman grabs his collar and pulls his face down to her level.)

MOMMY FORTUNA: Answer me, you juggler!
TALL MAN: I - I see a horse. Just - just a white mare.
MOMMY FORTUNA (chuckles): I thought so. All right. It's a white mare. I want her for the carnival. The last cage is empty.
RUKH: We'll need rope.
MOMMY FORTUNA: The rope that could hold that mare has not been woven. We'll make do with cold iron bars.
TALL MAN: Oh, she's waking!
MOMMY FORTUNA: I'll cast a sleep on her! [Skagribbitch! Kastamangya! Nitchai! Nitchaul!] (Something emanates from the old woman's fingers. It materializes into a solid, curved, glowing blue horn in front of the unicorn's real one.)
MOMMY FORTUNA: Now cage her. She'll sleep till sunrise.


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