The Unicorn's Moonlit Lullaby
Deep in a forest where the moonlight turns everything silver, there lives a gentle unicorn named Lull. And every night, when the stars come out, she walks slowly through the trees, singing the forest to sleep.
Her song has no words. It sounds like wind chimes far away, like warm milk, like a blanket being smoothed. And everything that hears it grows soft and sleepy.
She sings to the flowers first. One by one, they fold their petals closed, like tiny hands clasping for the night. Goodnight, flowers.
She sings to the brook. The chattering water slows… and slows… until it only whispers over the stones, quiet as breathing. Goodnight, brook.
She sings to the breeze, and the breeze stops rushing about and settles down into the long grass, barely stirring. Goodnight, breeze.
She sings to the birds, and they tuck their heads beneath their wings, row by row along the branches, like little parcels wrapped up warm. Goodnight, birds.
Last of all, Lull comes to the middle of the forest, where the moonlight pools like silver water. She folds her legs beneath her and lies down in the soft grass. Her sparkling mane settles around her. Her song grows slower.
And quieter.
And slower still.
Until the only one left awake in the whole silver forest… is you.
So Lull sings her very last note — the softest one, the one she saves for sleepy children — and it floats out of the forest, across the night, all the way to your pillow.
Goodnight, little one. The whole forest is dreaming. You can too.
The end. 🦄
Talk about it together
- What fell asleep first in the silver forest?
- Can you breathe slowly like the sleeping brook — in and out?
- What song helps you feel sleepy?