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are, sometimes they aren't. When Den fainted, the unicorn
went out, and took Den with him."

"But we've got to find him, bring him back!" Sandy
tried to struggle to his feet.

Grandfather Lamech pushed him back down onto the


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skins with amazing strength for so small a person. "Hush,
Sand. Do not worry. Your brother will be all right."

"ButтАФ"

"Unicorns are very responsible," Lamech explained.

"ButтАФ"

"It is true that they are unreliable in that we cannot rely
on them to be, but they are very responsible."

"You're crazy," Sandy said.

"Hush, Sand," Grandfather Lamech repeated. "We do
not know where the unicorns go when they go out, but
when somebody calls the unicorn again and it appears,
Den will appear, too."

"You're sure?"

"Yes. I am sure," the old man said, and for a moment
Sandy relaxed at the authority in his voice.

Then: "Well, call a unicorn, call him now!"

The old man and Japheth looked at Higgaion. Higgaion
raised his trunk toward the roof hole of the tent. The rosy
glow had faded, and the old man and Japheth and Hig-

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gaion were barely visible shadows in the tent. There was
a sudden fiash, and Sandy could see the shimmering silver
body of a unicorn. But no Dennys.

"Dennys!" he cried.