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Perhaps you’ve heard of the Wizard of Oz
     But not of the Wizard of Fleetly.
The reason you haven’t is simply because
     He suddenly vanished completely.

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He felt he was stupid - his spells didn’t work,
    Yet he wanted so much to do well. 
'I need to do something if I’m to succeed,
      And must try just another new spell.'

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'I’d like to invent something good,' he declared:
     'An animal, enchanting and new.'
So he studied his books, collected his things
     And into a cauldron he threw:-

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First a long silky tail, then the head of a horse,
    And a beast that would never be feared.
And his beautiful beast, with its spiralling horn, 
     Would be one to be be loved and revered.

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He stood over the pot and uttered these words:
      'Cadabbra capilly crateered.'
Steam rose from the cauldron and, to his surprise,
      A unicorn quickly appeared.

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This mysterious beast was so nervous and shy;
      At the mere thought of humans, it shook.
'I don’t want to live like the other wild beasts
       But just to appear in a book.'

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The wizard replied: 'Are you really quite sure?'
      'Oh yes.  This is what I insist!'  
In your quest for unicorns, surely you’ll find
     It’s in books that they only exist.

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