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is for Unicorn. This animal is very Unusual and rarely to be found. Try your Utmost, hunt through all the Universe, and you still may not Unearth him.

But don’t be Upset. If you have Untroubled eyes, you will see what the children see. Under Mary Poppins’ Umbrella, white as the Upper part of a mushroom, with a single horn Upon his brow, reclines a Unicorn!

The Policeman, in his new blue Uniform, stares Uneasily.

“What are those Urchins at?” he wonders. “All so United, gaping at nothing? Something Urgent is Up, but what?”

An Upright figure. Unafraid, handsome rather than Ugly, he turns to Mary Poppins.

“Don’t think me Ultra fussy. Miss, but is anything Undesirable going on Unbeknownst?”

She gives him an Uppish look and sniffs. “Nothing Unseemly ever happens when I’m around,” she assures him.

He passes on Unconvinced. “I’m not Used to Biddies,” he tells himself. “But I’m not an Utter idiot. I’ll Unravel it Ultimately, I’m sure.”

But this, I think, is most Unlikely.

Unicorns are shy creatures.

They will Undertake to Unveil themselves only Under parrot-headed Umbrellas to those who are Untouched by doubt and who can Understand.