Epilogue To Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Once upon a time in a cramped cottage an elderly man sat alone by a dim candle regretting that he didn't fulfil his dream. Remembering when he was young. Ever since he was young he had always dreamt of exploring the world and sailing the seas. He had big plans. The places he would visit, the friends he would make, but he had given up on those dreams because he wasn't special, he was just an ordinary farm boy.
The elderly man sighed, got out of his chair and went out to feed his horse. As the sun fell and the moon rose one single star shot across the sky. He saw this star and made a wish remembering the old legend that if you wish on a shooting star your wish will come true.
“I wish I could see the world” the man whispered. For a moment everything
was quiet, the man sighed and walked towards the door when all of the sudden out of the corner of his eye he saw a shimmery purple cloud. He turned around suddenly to see that his horse had grown wings and one single horn.
“Climb aboard master” hollered the horse. Startled the man ran towards the door screaming with the look of terror in his eyes. The creature insisted that the man stopped, the man stopped in his tracks with horror still in his eyes. For a moment that felt like a century all was quiet. the unicorn caught . The man’s eye and the look in his eye and pleaded that the man climb aboard. The man hesitated and then the fear in his eyes turned into curiosity.
The unicorn took off gracefully and flew through the dark midnight sky. “Where are we going” the man asked.
“I don’t know? You wished you could see the world. You tell me where we’re heading.” The unicorn replied. “But I can only take you to three places, and we can only stay for three days.” It was then when the man realized his dream was coming true.
He listed a few countries he dreamed of visiting. He stopped to think “Is there anywhere you want to go?” he asked
The unicorn thought for a minute and then said he wanted to go to the kingdom in the clouds. The man happily agreed because he wanted to go too, he always thought that the kingdom in the sky was just a myth. “Where to first?” Asked the man
“Why don't we go to the sky kingdom last.
But first I need to rest.” replied the unicorn. As the night went on they flew over the seas. On their way the man rested comfortably as if he had done it before. They landed just as the sun began to rise over the mountains. “Master, we have arrived” the mystical creature explained. The man began to explore the thick forest and freshwater stream that the he had dreamt of visiting for quite a long time.
“It's just how I pictured it, the trees forming a roof above our heads and the cool glimmery stream” the man said as he ran his hand through the water. His dreams were beginning to come true. They enjoyed the sun shining in there. As the sun fell and the moon rose the man and the unicorn rested.
The next day they flew towards a small island in the middle of the ocean with tropical trees and a saltwater waterfall leading out to the sandy crystal beaches “Madter we have arrived” the unicorn informed the man.
“It’s just as I imagined it to be. The crystal sand, the clear seas, the birds singing in the trees.” the man stated. the unicorn lounged on the beach staring up into the sky, spotting pictures in the clouds. He and the man spent the day exploring the
island.
As the sun fell and the moon rose they slept on the beautiful island. In the morning they departed for the sky kingdom. The man and the unicorn talked about their adventures in the previous countries they had visited and wondered what it would be like in the sky kingdom.
“Master we have arrived” the unicorn said.
“I think that we are close enough friends that you can call me Orlando, that is my name after all” the man replied as the unicorn landed gracefully.
“Can humans walk on clouds?” they both new that there was only one way to find out. The man slowly lowered one foot to the ground and it didn't fall through so they figured that they could.
“It's just as I imagined it, the clouds forming buildings and streets and the birds landing softly on the clouds.”
Orlando and the unicorn toured the kingdom until they were stopped by a rather large bird.
“Excuse me how can you walk on clouds? You are human are you not?” the bird asked. The man explained that he didn't know how he could walk on clouds, but somehow he was able to. The unicorn and Orlando continued to explore the island for the rest of the day. As the sun fell and the moon rose the man and the unicorn enjoyed there time in the clouds knowing that in the morning they would have to depart home. The sun rose above the clouds the unicorn and Orlando departed for home. When they reached home the man expected that the unicorn would turn back into his horse.
“I always thought that it was too late for me to fulfill my dreams. I guess I was wrong. ”
Gracefully the landed on the ground at the man’s house. The man wore a worried look on his face.
“Orlando? Are you okay?” he asked when he saw his worried face. The man explained how he worried that the unicorn would turn back into his horse. The unicorn was the only friend he had.
As the days went on the unicorn stayed a unicorn and the two friends stayed friends for the rest of their
lives.