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Rhiannon lived in the days of King Arthur and his knights in the part of Britain,
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Rhiannon lived in the days of King Arthur and his knights in the part of Britain,
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which is now England.
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She was twelve years old and had long red hair and green eyes.
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She lived with her mother and father in a small village near Sir Brangwyn's castle.
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Sir Brangwyn was the lord of the castle and the village,
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and everyone was afraid of him.
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He was a big, fat man with black hair and cold, black eyes.
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He was bad and greedy.
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He always wanted more taxes from the poor people of the village.
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Simon Grimstone was Rhiannon's father,
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and he was brave and kind.
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He was a tall, thin man with blonde hair and kind brown eyes.
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The people of the village liked Simon because he always helped them.
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He was not afraid of Sir Brangwyn.
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One day, Sir Brangwen and his knights rode to the village and stopped in front of Simon's house.
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Simon Grimstone, cried Sir Brangwen,
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you killed a deer in my forest.
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No one can go into my forest.
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My men are taking you to prison.
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That's not true, said Simon.
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I didn't go into your forest,
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and I didn't kill a deer.
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Take him to prison, said Sir Brangwen to his men.
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You want to put me in prison because I'm not afraid of you, said Simon.
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You're a greedy man.
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The people of this village are hungry because you take all their money.
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Be quiet, cried Sir Brangwen angrily.
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You'll be quiet in prison, Simon Grimstone.
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Simon's wife, Marianne, was standing behind her husband and started crying.
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Take his wife too, said Sir Brangwen.
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She can work in the castle kitchen and pay for the food her husband eats.
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Oh, please don't take me away from my daughter, said Marianne, crying.
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There's no one who can look after her.
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She'll be alone.
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Please don't take my mother away, cried Rhiannon.
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But the Lord's Men didn't listen to Rhiannon and took her parents away.
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When can I see my parents again? she asked, crying.
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The Lord's men laughed and rode away.
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The villagers were angry, but they could do nothing.
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After that day, they called Rhiannon Sir Brangwyn's Orphan.
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Rhiannon went inside her house and sat by the small fire in the cold room.
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She was very sad and lonely.
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What will I do without my parents? she thought.
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I must find a job.
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Sir Brangwyn liked eating all kinds of food,
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but truffles were his favourite.
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It was very hard to find them because they grew under the ground,
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on the roots of trees.
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Rhiannon decided to look for truffles for Ser Brangwyn.
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Now she had a job.
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Every morning, Rhiannon went to the forest with a big basket.
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She looked for truffles all day long.
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At the end of the day,
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she looked in her basket,
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but she saw very few truffles.
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I only found three truffles today, she thought sadly.
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And Ser Brangwen wants lots of them for his dinners.
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He'll be angry.
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How can I find more truffles?
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At night, she always thought about her poor father and mother.
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Sir Brangwyn liked hunting in the forest with his knights.
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He often rode through the forest when Rhiannon was looking for truffles.
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He and his men always made a lot of noise and scared the animals.
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The villagers said there were strange animals in Sir Brangwyn's forest,
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like unicorns and dragons.
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Ellen continued looking for truffles in the forest every day for a year.
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One afternoon she heard a noise behind her.
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She turned around and...what did she see?
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A beautiful little horse.
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It was white and it had a lovely mane and tail.
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One of the villagers saw the beautiful little horse that evening,
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and he told his friends.
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I saw a young white horse in the forest,
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and it was following Rhiannon, he said.
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It was a very beautiful animal.
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Perhaps we can catch it and give it to Sir Brangman.
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And pay less taxes, said a young man.
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That's a good idea, said an old woman.
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The next day, the men from the village tried to catch the little white horse,
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but it ran away into the dark forest.
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That evening, Rhiannon came home with a basket full of big truffles.
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Where did you find those big truffles? asked one of the men of the village.
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A friendly little horse helped me find them, said Rhiannon happily.
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Did you hear that, Richard? said the man to his friend.
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The little horse helped her find the truffles.
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The next morning, everyone in the village went to the forest to look for it.
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If we find lots of truffles,
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we can use them to pay our taxes to Sir Brangwen,
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said a young man.
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Yes, and we'll have money to buy food,
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said a thin young woman with two hungry children.
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They looked everywhere in the forest,
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but they could not find the beautiful little horse.
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It was hiding in a secret place.
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When they went back to the village,
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the little horse came to see Rhiannon.
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She followed him and found a lot of truffles for her basket.
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The beautiful little horse liked Rhiannon and wanted to help her.
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Day after day, Rhiannon's basket was always full of truffles for Sir Brangwyn.
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Soon, the servants at the castle started talking about the baskets of truffles and the strange little horse.
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One of Sir Brangwen's knights heard them and decided to follow Rhiannon into the forest.
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He hid behind a big tree and waited for the little white horse.
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That evening he returned to the castle and talked to Sir Brangwen.
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Now I know why Rhiannon finds lots of truffles, said the knight happily.
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Oh, really, said Sir Brangwen.
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Tell me.
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I was in the forest today and hid behind a big tree," said the knight.
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Then suddenly I saw...
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What did you see? said Sir Brangwen.
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Tell me, quickly.
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There's a strange little horse that lives in the forest,
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and Rhiannon follows him.
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Then he stops and smells the ground.
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That's where Rhiannon looks for truffles.
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And she finds them.
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What?
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Said Sir Brangwen, surprised.
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A little horse that finds truffles?
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Yes, said the knight.
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And when the girl's basket is full,
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she sits under a tree and rests.
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The little horse sits next to her,
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and she sings sweet songs to him.
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But there's one strange thing about him.
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What? asked Sir Brangwyn.
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He has a lump between his eyes, said the knight.
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A lump.
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Then it's a young unicorn, cried Sir Brangwen.
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Soon that lump will grow and become a horn.
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It's a unicorn, a magic creature.
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A unicorn, said the knight, surprised.
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I didn't know there were unicorns in the forest.
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Sir Brangwen called the best hunters in the village to his castle.
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You are the best hunters in the village, said Sir Brangwen.
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Now, listen carefully.
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You must go to the forest and find the little white horse, said Sir Brangwen.
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Then bring him to me.
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There's a prize for the hunter who finds him.
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A big prize.
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Now go.
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The hunters went to the forest and looked for the beautiful white unicorn.
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They looked for days, but no one could find him.
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Sir Brangwen was angry, and the hunters were afraid of him.
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One afternoon, an old knight who lived in the castle went to see Sir Brangwen.
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Do you want to find the unicorn, sir? asked the old knight.
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Of course I do, said Sir Brangwen.
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Then you must send the young girl into the forest alone,
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said the old knight.
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Alone?
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But why? asked Sir Brangwen.
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When the unicorn sees her,
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he'll go and sit next to her.
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She'll sing to him and he'll fall asleep.
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Then the hunters can catch it.
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That's a very good idea, said Sir Brangwen.
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He called his knights and said,
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Go to the village and get Rhiannon.
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I want to see her immediately.
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The knights went to the village and looked for Rhiannon everywhere.
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When she saw them, she was afraid.
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What do they want? she thought.
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You must come with us to the castle immediately,
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said one of the knights.
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Why must I come with you? asked Rhiannon.
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Sir Brangwyn wants to talk to you, said another knight.
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Get on this horse, quickly.
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Rhiannon got on the horse and went to the castle with the knights.
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The knights took Rhiannon to the castle.
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Sir Brangwyn was sitting at a long table with his friends.
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They were laughing and eating all kinds of food.
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"'Young Rhiannon,' he said, smiling,
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"'you must help me catch the beautiful white unicorn of the forest.' "'The white unicorn?' asked Rhiannon, surprised.
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"'Yes.
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That little white horse is a young unicorn,' said Sir Brangwen.
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Then it's a magic creature, said Rhiannon.
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When you are in the forest,
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you must call him, said Sir Brangwen.
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He will come to you.
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Oh, no, said Rhiannon.
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The little unicorn is my friend.
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He loves me.
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I can't do what you ask.
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You must do what I ask, cried Sir Brangwen.
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I'm your lord.
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If you don't listen to me,
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I'll kill your father and mother.
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Rhiannon started crying and couldn't stop.
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What could she do?
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She felt terrible.
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Tomorrow morning we're going to the forest to catch the unicorn,
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said Sir Brangwyn angrily.
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He looked at one of his knights and said, Take this girl away.
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She can sleep in the hall.
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I want to finish my meal now.
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Bring in the roast chicken and the truffles.
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Quickly!
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Poor Rhiannon did not sleep all night.
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Early the next morning, Sir Brangwyn and his knights took her to the forest.
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Sir Brangwyn and his men hid behind some trees,
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and Rhiannon sat on the grass.
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They waited all day and all night.
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When the moon was high in the sky,
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the young unicorn came and sat next to Rhiannon.
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He looked at her with his big eyes and put his nose next to her cheek.
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He was happy when he was with his friend.
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But Rhiannon could not sing,
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because she was afraid and unhappy.
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Suddenly, Ser Brangwen came riding through the forest on his big black horse.
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Brangwyn jumped onto the unicorn,
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put her arms around his neck, and quickly rode away.
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Ser Brangwyn followed them.
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The knights and the hunters waited for their lord to return with the unicorn.
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It was very dark in the forest,
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and they couldn't see anything.
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But they heard the sound of horses,
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and then a loud cry.
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They waited a long time,
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but their lord did not return.
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Very early the next morning,
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the knights and hunters started looking for Sir Brangwyn.
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After many hours, they found him in the forest.
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There was blood everywhere.
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The blood came from his heart.
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He's dead, said one knight.
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But who killed him? asked another knight.
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I don't know, said a young hunter.
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Everyone looked at Sir Brangwen's body,
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but no one was sad.
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His son, Sir Ivor, was the new lord.
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He was a kind, friendly young man, and everyone liked him.
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He helped the villagers, and the men in prison were all free.
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Rhiannon's parents finally went back to their home,
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and she was very happy.
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Rhiannon, her father asked, who killed Sir Brangwen?
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You were in the forest that night.
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"'It's a secret, Father.
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It's my secret,' said Rhiannon, smiling.
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"'All I can say is this.
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Unicorns have parents, too.'
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重要な語彙とフレーズ
- 勇敢な (brave) - 他人のために危険を恐れず行動すること。
- 貪欲な (greedy) - 常にもっと求める性質。
- 孤児 (orphan) - 両親を失った子供。
- トリュフ (truffle) - 地面の下で育つ高級食材。
- 税金 (taxes) - 政府への支払い。
- 家族 (family) - 親や兄弟を含む集団。
- 村 (village) - 小さな居住地。
- 恐れる (afraid) - 危険や不安を感じること。
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シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
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