This story is about three magical animals: the Phoenix, the Unicorn, and the Dragon. They do not live in this world anymore. This is a story of why they left this world.

The Phoenix is a bird. It has long feathers of all colours, and it sings beautifully.

What made the Phoenix magical was that it did not grow old; it was immortal; it could fly higher and faster and for longer than any other bird; its food was water only; there was only one Phoenix in the world at a time.

All the other animals loved the Phoenix. And because the Phoenix could sing so well the other animals would have parties at which everyone danced and sang along to the singing of the Phoenix, and other birds.

There was so much happiness at those times a rainbow would appear in the sky.

The Phoenix was happy when it was with animals, but it had to be on the lookout against people.

People used to catch the Phoenix and pull out its feathers to make hats and coats and other things. As each feather was pulled out the Phoenix felt a lot of pain. It took a long time for the feathers to grow back. In all that time the Phoenix was in pain. All the animals were sad. At those times the Phoenix could not sing. There were no parties until the feathers of the Phoenix grew back again.

After thousands and thousands of years the Phoenix wanted to leave this world because the people were inventing new ways to catch the Phoenix quicker. These ways were becoming so successful that the Phoenix had no feathers on it most of the time.

The Unicorn found itself in a similar situation.

The Unicorn looked like a horse with a long horn growing straight out of its forehead. What made the Unicorn magical was that it did not grow old; it was immortal; it could run faster and for longer than any other animal; its food was water only; there was only one Unicorn in the world at a time.

All the other animals loved the Unicorn. It sang and danced with them at the fun parties when the Phoenix sang.
The Unicorn was happy when it was with animals, but it always had to be on the lookout against people.

People used to catch the Unicorn to break off its horn to make decorations for their homes and tools and other things.
When its horn was broken off the Unicorn felt a lot of pain. It took a long time for the Unicorn's horn to grow back to its full length. In all that time the Unicorn was in pain. All the animals were sad.

The Unicorn's magical horn saved animals because it had the power to catch lightning during storms. When the horn caught the lightning the whole Unicorn would catch on fire. It would gallop around catching the lightning wherever the lightning was about to strike the ground.

The Unicorn felt no pain when it was on fire from lightning. Those were times when it was especially happy.

When lightning strikes the ground everything catches on fire. Trees explode. Animals are burnt to death. When the Unicorn was around everything and everybody was safe from angry destructive lightning.

After thousands and thousands of years the Unicorn wanted to leave this world because of the people. The people were inventing new ways to catch the Unicorn quicker. These ways were becoming so successful the Unicorn had no horn most of the time.

The Phoenix with no feathers and the Unicorn with no horn sat on a river bank and sadly discussed where and how they might find another world where there were no people.

After a long discussion they did not know which world that would be, nor how to get there if they knew where it was.

While they were sadly discussing the matter, the Dragon flew out of the sky down to the river.

The Dragon looked like a gigantic lizard with huge wings. The wings of the Dragon were so huge that when the Dragon flew passed, its wings swirled up gusts of strong winds. Those winds were so strong that if you were nearby you would have had to hang onto something to be not blown off your feet.

That was why the Dragon usually flew high up in the sky. It didn't want to stir up wind that would hurt animals on the ground.

The Dragon was magical because it did not grow old; it was immortal; its food was water only; its teeth were harder than diamonds; it could breathe out fire from its mouth; it could see for miles and miles in the night as well as in the day; it could see through walls through mountains and everything else; it could see deep into the ground and down into the oceans.

The animals loved the Dragon. The Dragon helped them in many ways with its magical abilities.

Because it could see so far away and through mountains and trees and huge boulders it could warn the animals of dangers early enough for the animals to escape.

Sometimes when animals were pinned down by fallen trees and rocks the Dragon would use its teeth to chew away the wood and rocks.

When animals were being swept away by flood waters the Dragon would swoop down and use its huge talons to lift the animals out of the water, and carry them to safety.

The Dragon, like the Phoenix and the Unicorn, had to be on the lookout against people.

People used to hunt the Dragon to cut off its wings. The people would ride the Dragon and force it to use its mighty claws to kill other people during wars and other evil fights.

At those times when the Dragon was in captivity by people the animals would get together and try to help the Dragon escape. Each time they rescued the Dragon the animals would hide it until its wings grew back.

All the while the wings were growing back the Dragon was in pain. All the animals were sad.

After thousands and thousands of years the animals were finding it harder and harder to rescue the Dragon from captivity because the people were getting smarter and smarter at hunting down the Dragon and at preventing the other animals from rescuing it.

When the Dragon came upon the Phoenix and the Unicorn on the river bank it knew exactly why they were worried and sad.

The Phoenix and the Unicorn were excited when the Dragon told them of another world it had discovered in the heavens. A world that was exactly like Earth in all respects except two.

It had no people. It was in the heavens where people would never be able to go. It was a magical world that would enable the Phoenix and the Unicorn and the Dragon to visit this world whenever they wished to have a rainbow party of singing and dancing with other animals.

The Phoenix and the Unicorn climbed onto the Dragon and it flew away with them to the other world where they live happily.

People will never again see the three magical friends because in that other world the magical friends have acquired the ability to be invisible and immaterial.