grunion unicorns

in the movie the last unicorn all of the unicorns, save one, have been imprisoned in the sea by an evil wizard. with every high tide they ride the waves onto the beach, but are pulled back into the ocean as the wave recedes.


last night i watched the grunion running on the beach by my house. with each wave hundreds of silvery fish would wash up on the beach. the waves were alive with splashes and scales and slippery little fish.


and then, like little grunion unicorns, they were pulled back into the sea from which they came.