Unicorns · Gratitude · Weather
The Unicorn Who Stayed for the Rain
Unicorns always leave before the rain. This one didn't.
- Age range
- Ages 4-8
- Reading time
- 6 minutes
- Category
- Unicorn stories
What happens
The herd gallops to the sunny side of the mountain at the first grey cloud. One unicorn stays behind with a soaked and miserable farm, and finds out what the valley looks like when the weather is bad and you are still in it.
Read the opening
Listen to this story
Unicorns follow the sun. That is simply what they do — the first grey cloud comes over the ridge and the whole herd turns as one and goes.
Wren watched them leave. Then she looked back down at the farm in the valley, where a girl in boots too big for her was trying to get four sheep through a gate in the wind.
The rain started. Wren, who had never in her life been rained on, discovered that it was cold, and loud, and that the girl with the sheep had begun to laugh.
The rest of the story is written around your child — their name, their age, and the hero they describe.
What if your child were the hero?
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Why this one is worth your time
- Reframes a bad day as something you can be present for rather than escape.
- Quiet, sensory writing — good for children who like weather, mud and animals.
- Gratitude here is shown as noticing, not as listing things you are thankful for.
Talk about it afterward
- What's something good that only happens when it rains?
- Why do you think Wren stayed?
What if your child were the hero?