She did not look anything like a horned horse, as unicorns |
are often pictured, being smaller and cloven-hoofed, and |
possessing that oldest, wildest grace that horses never had, |
that deer have only in a shy, thin imitation and goats in |
dancing mockery. Her neck was long and slender, making her |
head seem smaller then it was, and the mane that fell |
almost to the middle of her back was as soft as dandelion |
fluff and as fine as cirrus. She had pointed ears and thin |
legs, with feathers of white hair at the ankles; and the |
long horn above her eyes shone and shivered with its own |
seashell light even in the deepest midnight... |