TAILS FROM VIUNNA WOODS

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          THE LIPIZZANER STALLIONS OF AUSTRIA ARE FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.THEY ARE CODDLED AND GROOMED AND TRAINED TO PERFECTION. NOW LARRY LIPIZZANER WAS THE JEWEL OF ALL OF THEM, HAVING BEEN TRAINED TO PERFORM INCREDIBLE ACTS THAT THRILLED AUDIENCES WHEN HE APPEARED IN HIS GLITTERING COSTUMES.
          NOW EVERY YEAR IN A LITTLE HAMLET CALLED OLD VIUNNA, THEY HAVE A ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN WHICH THE LIPIZZANERS PARTICIPATE. FOR THIS EVENT, THE STALLIONS WERE CROWNED WITH SPARKLING HORNS TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE UNICORNS. SAINT PATRICK HIMSELF WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZED AT THIS YEAR'S SPECTACLE.
          AS USUAL, LARRY TOOK HIS PLACE AT THE HEAD OF THE PARADE.THE PROCESSION WAS MOVING GRACEFULLY DOWN THE MAIN STREET OF OLD VIUNNA WHEN SUDDENLY A FIRE HYDRANT EXPLODED JUST TO THE LEFT OF LARRY. THE SOUND OF THE BLAST AND THE ENSUING SPRAY FROM THE HYDRANT CAUSED LARRY TO BOLT. HIS HOOVES TOOK HIM RIGHT OUT OF TOWN AND INTO THE VIUNNA WOODS.
          NOW LARRY WAS TOO EMBARRASED TO RETURN TO THE PARADE SO HE DID HIS BEST TO ACCLIMATIZE IN HIS NEW SURROUNDINGS.AFTER A WEEK OR SO, HE WAS SO HAPPY IN HIS NEW HOME THAT HE DECIDED NEVER TO RETURN TO THE LIPIZZANER FOLD.
          HOWEVER, LARRY COULD NEVER GET RID OF HIS HEADRESS, SO TO THIS DAY, IF YOU SPOT A UNICORN IN THE VIUNNA WOODS, IT IS MOST LIKELY LARRY THE LIPIZZANER.


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