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Tara and the Talking KittenMeet a Unicorn

Tara and the Talking KittenMeet a Unicorn

by Diana Cooperillustrated by Kate Shannon

Text © Diana Cooper 2011Edited by Nicky Leach

Illustrations © Kate Shannon 2011Interior design by Thierry Bogliolo

ISBN 978-1-84409-557-5

All rights reserved.

Printed in the European Union

Published by Findhorn Press

117–121 High StreetForres IV36 1PAScotland, UK

www.findhornpress.com

This book is dedicated to my grandchildren Isabel, Finn, Kailani, Maya and Talia

and children everywhere who love kittens.

Discussions points and exercises for children are on page 79.

Diana Cooper is well known for her books on angels, fairies, unicornsand the spiritual world, all written from her own personal experi-ences. For more information about these subjects see her websitewww.dianacooper.com – there is also a children’s corner.

If you wish to talk to someone about the subjects in this book, theDiana Cooper School website lists teachers throughout the world:www.dianacooperschool.com

Tara and the Unicorn

One day Daddy drew a special picture for Tara,who was seven years old. She gasped withpleasure. “Daddy, it’s a unicorn. It’s beautiful.Thank you.”

She jumped up and threw her arms roundhim to give him a hug. “I’d love to see a realunicorn!”

Daddy laughed. “Sorry you can’t do that,Tara. They are make-believe, like angels andfairies.”

Tara looked at her little grey kitten, Ash-ting,and smiled. They had a great secret, and not asingle person knew—they could talk to eachother through their thoughts. When Tara sentAsh-ting thoughts, he could pick them up andsend a reply into her mind. Now he whispered,“We know unicorns are real, don’t we?”

“Yes,” Tara sent back. ‘We’ve seen angels,fairies and other elementals, and they’ve told usabout unicorns!”

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A unicorn appears

Tara stuck the picture of the unicorn onto herbedroom wall, and she and Ash-ting gazed at itwith delight. Then she told Mummy they weregoing to the oak tree. “Alright, but stay where Ican see you,” Mummy responded.

“Okay,” Tara called back.

She and Ash-ting walked to the end of thegarden, through the gate and into the meadowbeyond. They sat under the huge oak tree wherethey often met the fairies and other nature spirits.

“I hope the fairies will come today,” she saidimpatiently to Ash-ting, and he told her he wassure they would. “Talk about them, Tara. That’sthe way to bring them to you.”

Tara’s eyes sparkled. “I love the fairies,” shesaid excitedly. “I love their bright lights anddifferent colours. And I love the elves and impsand pixies. I wish they were here right now.” Shelaughed. “Do you think that will bring them?”

Almost immediately she saw the little face

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But she did not say this out loud. Instead,she looked at Daddy with her big brown eyes andresponded, “Oh!” as if she was surprised. But shereally knew that most grownups could not tuneinto the angel wavelength and did not see them.

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Kevin is bullied

Next morning when Mummy took Tara, hersister Mel, and her little brother Jack to school,Tara ran over to Jack’s pre-school with him.

When they arrived, Kevin’s granny wasbringing him into the playground. He lookedsmall for his age and so lost and miserable. Hewas holding tight to his granny’s hand, but shemade him let go when she turned to talk tosomeone.

Then Tara saw something that horrified her.A nasty boy called Rocky from her classdeliberately ran past Kevin, bumping into thelittle boy and knocking him over. “Sorry,” hecalled laughing.

Kevin went white as a sheet. He had grazedhis knees when he fell over, but he didn’t cry; hejust looked hopeless.

Suddenly, Tara’s inner tiger was aroused andshe was enraged. She went running after the

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bully, who was bigger than she was. She wantedto attack him, but in her head she could hearAsh-ting calling to her, “Calm, Tara!” Eventhough Ash-ting was at home, he was psychicand could see her from a distance.

So she paused and took a big breath to calmherself. Then she cornered the bigger boy. “Don’tyou dare touch Kevin again,” she shouted.

He saw the fire in her eyes. Normally hewould have shrugged or jeered, but the big boywas not going to tangle with a tiger.

“It was an accident,” he blustered.

“No, you knocked him over deliberately,”Tara yelled. “Never do it again.”

The boy shook his head and walked off red-faced. Tara heard Ash-ting call, “Well done, Tara.He won’t touch Kevin again if he thinks he’ll haveyou to deal with.”

Several mothers and children had seen whathad happened and cheered, for the boy had areputation for being nasty to little ones. Tarasmiled and unclenched her hands. Now shewould give Kevin the unicorn picture.

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Tara ran into the school, pretending she wasbringing something for Jack. She looked forKevin and then she saw him on his own. “I’vebrought you something,” she said.

He looked up at her with big, sad, brown eyesas she gave him the picture. “It’s a unicorn. It’sfor you. He wants to help you. Your mum’s goingto be alright.” Then she turned and rushedoutside.

At the mid-morning break, Kevin wasstanding by the little fence that divided the bigchildren’s playground from the little ones. Shecould see he was clutching the rolled-up picturein his hands and hoping to see her. Tara skippedover to him.

“Hello, Kevin,’ she called.

He looked at her with his big eyes andwhispered, “Is Mummy really going to bealright?”

Tara nodded.

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The first step

When Tara got home from school, she asked hermum if she could go and play under the oak tree.“Just for half an hour,” Mum said. “It’s gettingdark and cold so early these days.”

“Thanks, Mum,” called Tara and ran out ofthe back door, scooping up Ash-Ting as shewent.

Leaning against the oak tree, Tara talked toher kitten about little Kevin and Rocky, the bully.She was so angry with Rocky that she got red inthe face and found she was shouting. Two elvesand a fairy ran behind the tree in alarm and hid.They did not like her angry energy.

“Tara there is a reason for someone being abully. Bullies are hurting inside, too,”murmuredAsh-ting gently.

But Tara wouldn’t listen. “Rocky’s horrible. Ihate him!”

Ash-ting sighed.

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His face went bright pink and a tear randown his cheek. Tara said, “Ask the unicorn tohelp you.”

“Are there really unicorns?” Kevin asked.

“Yes! And angels. They want to help you,”replied Tara.

A light came into Kevin’s eyes and his aurabecame brighter as he smiled shyly.

“Thank you,” he said, as she ran off.

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