Brainstorming was where it all started.
(Once the decision had been made to go ahead, naturally). Intense brainstorming; listing the ways I
could capture the unicorn, most of which I was forced to use.
I watched Roadrunner cartoons religiously for practical ideas (the plans
that might work in the real world and wouldn‘t cause instant death). I read Danny the Champion of the World and
looked into the world of myths and legends too, really did my
research: honing ideas from everywhere
to meet my needs.
I went on the internet,
asked the opinion of self-professed “experts.”
“Twerps,“ I call them. As if a
unicorn would go for ice cream or that a small child would help. Some people forget these are wild creatures. Magical, mayhap, but wild all the same.
Mainly, though, I just sat and thought..
Came up with all the ideas I could dream up. Even went down into the garage to see what
I already had out there that might be useful, allowing different objects to set my mind on fire,
letting it run and run.
Once the initial list was formulated I went to a great big hardware
store, among other shops, to stock up on ropes and nails and wood and tools
and all sorts of the things I would need for the task (and trials) ahead. And oats. Lots of oats, of course. Oooh, and I bought a Transit that would
become my centre of operations - converting parts of it into a store - and
possible cage - converting the rest into a Unicorn box.
All that was left was the setting.
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