Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for October 26, 2012

True, she is not a horse, but she could dress up as one. After all, Halloween is about dressing up as something you are not.

In other words, “no” is the third thing because she disagrees to the horseman of the Apocalypse idea.

Oh yeah, they can be like ‘Early Pimples’ or ‘Mythical Mischief’ ..

Like, you know, ‘Embarrassing Personal Problems’, ‘Cruelty to Animals’ and ‘Answer phones’ )

She could claim to be a horse dressing up as a unicorn – or she could go as a monoceros.

She could wear a narwhal costume, with Phoebe riding side saddle as a mermaid.

I love the third panel, you can almost hear the snobby accent.

Maybe she would prefer the headless horseman? She has the vanity of a horse. Mine seems to think he is God’s gift for mares.

Zap some fake wings onto her and say she’s a Faerie

No, scratch that…knowing Phoebe, she’d probably try and FLY with them

Dress as Schmendrick.

Hmmm,Marigold was willing to dress up as a camel, but not a horse?

Not really unicorn.

How about a pushmi-pullyu?

Of course, part of this is a question of custom in Marigold’s country. How, for example, do the hnau there feel about humans (or anthropoids, generally) riding on unicorns? Is it common? Acceptable? Rude? Blasphemous? Like Columbus, it seems, Phoebe and we are on the way to discover a new world, and a treasury of new things appertaining.

But Marigold your also not a camel. I think it is ok to be a horse. However in Unicorn land you don’t dress up as the horseman of the Apocalypse, The horseman of the Apocalypse dresses up as YOU!

Considering whom we are dealing with (and, pray excuse the pun, the fact that Marigold also seems to be a ‘clothes horse’ ::grins::) perhaps Marigold should dress up as a Royal Princess (then again, aren’t all princesses ‘royal’?) with Phoebe dressing up and being Princess Marigold’s little Lady-in-Waiting attendant.