The unicorn is a mythical beast," she said, and turned her back on him. The man walked slowly downstairs and out into the garden. The unicorn was still there; now he was browsing among the tulips. “Here, unicorn, " said the man, and he pulled up a lily and gave it to him. The unicorn ate it gravely.With a high heart, because there was a unicorn in his garden, the man went upstairs and roused his wife again. "The unicorn, “he said, " ate a lily.” His wife upstairs and roused his wife again. "The unicorn,” he said," ate a lily. “His wife sat up in bad and looked at him coldly.”You are a booby, “she said, " and I am going to have you put in the booby-hatch.