Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for August 14, 2022

This “emergency” being something more pretty than Marigold? C’mon! Who doesn’t like peacocks?

That bird is trying to flirt. Do not flirt back. Make it clear that you’re not just playing hard to get, you genuinely can’t be gotten.

wouldn’t a phoenix or a roc be more jealous of a peacock?

Marigold, you know peacocks are male, right? Are you jealous or experiencing attraction?

Peacock may out-plumage uicorns, but unicorns can out-sparkle peacocks.

Different species Marigold, doesn’t count!

Marigold will NOT be upstaged by anyone!

I’m sorry Marigold, but you can’t win against him.

So if Mari does manage a tail like that, would that make her a pea-unicorn? Or even a Peanicorn?

The burden of being an unicorn.

Can’t stand the competition now, can we….

N-B-C…proud as a unicorn? “Proud as a peacock” used to be an old NBC slogan. Maybe “unique as a a unicorn”?

those aren’t his tail, they’re his tail coverts. (the actual tail holds them up.)

Behold, unicorn. Look upon the visage of your aesthetic better and weep. For you are in the presence of… THE PEACOCK!

This is a guy thing, Marigold.

I hope she never sees a chameleon.

bur Phoebe, your voice is much more melodious

Now, now, Marigold, you have to allow specialists their due honor. None of them can match the overall wonder and beauty of a unicorn, of course.

the peacock is watching you too