there once was a unicorn, she was the most beautiful unicorn ever born of her herd. It was even said that the gods had created her for one reason only. and that was to look pritty for them. Unfortunately she took it into her head that those who said these things were right. squandering her brilliance on petty things like the length of her mane. One day the unicorn came on one of the gods while she was baithing. the godess's name was diana. now the unicorn not realizing she was in the presance of a goddess made the mistake of bragging to her. After all she thought the her only an extrodinarily beautiful human woman.

Diana didn't take to kindly to this little mare's anticks and being the goddess of beauty did a rather nasty and well... humerous thing. she put a curse on the little mare. ONe of bad luck and clumsyness. a rather nasty double wammy it was too. the mare went off in a huff and imediatly tripped on a tree root. getting up she ran back to the herd. she kept her councle about the expeiance and went on with her daily activities. pritty soon she was tripping and falling over everything. breaking presious breakables and knocking over special progects. finaly she got so bad that the lead mare(who had been just dying for an opertunity to take the little unicorn down a notch or two) ordered her to appear before a councle of the eldest unicorns. she stood there head hung low, coat mussed and horn dulled by mud as they told her that she must leave the hurd till she got better or the curse was lifted.

sadly the unicorn left the hurd and took off like a little pooka. Soon she came to a human village. many ignored her as hse was now drab and rather gungy looking. she steped on a black cat. broke five mirrors and walked under a rather wobbly ladder on which a human male was standing on. attempting to paint a sign. Suddenly the pot of paint fell splashing on the unicorn's horn. she didn't even flinch. accepting that she would much rather be normal that continue on as she was.

Suddenly the goddess was standing before her smiling.

"because you now understand that bragging is wrong and that there are others who a priityer than you i lift my curse. you understand that this curse will return the first time you loose sight of the fact that you are no more beautiful than the next mortal being on this planet."

with that she left in a rather overdone flash show of sparks and lights, which meraculously missed the unicorn but caught the nearby building on fire. a feminane whoops was heard and a sudden down pour of water doused the flames.

jubelently the unicorn raced back to the hurd and announced her cure. She washed in the stream like everyone else and was once again clean. except for some staining around the base of her mane, tail and hocks. where she remained purple from that day forward.
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from ladySoahc