This is the story of a unicorn who came to Earth from a magical world. In that magical world, there lived an angel named Tara. When Tara was a child, a unicorn grew up alongside her. They both became inseparable best friends as they grew.
As time passed, the unicorn became Tara’s vehicle. She was not just a companion, but Tara’s guardian and best friend too. Because the unicorn had grown up with Tara since childhood, she possessed all the good qualities that Tara had. Tara always believed in being kind and loving to everyone. She helped even the tiniest of beings. If someone was in pain, Tara couldn’t bear it. She would use her powers to bring a smile to their face and peace into their life.
The unicorn, who had always watched this, began to do the same.
One day, Tara and the unicorn came to Earth. When they arrived, they began noticing the struggles of the people here. Tara started helping many people. The unicorn, too, began helping as much as she could, just like Tara. Once Tara felt her purpose was fulfilled, she said to the unicorn, “Let’s go back.”
But the unicorn said,
“Look at how many people are here! They all need our help. I will stay here and help them.”
Tara tried to explain,
“They don’t all deserve our help.”
But the unicorn replied emotionally,
“These people… these children… they truly need me. I must help them. That’s my duty.”
Tara paused for a while and then said,
“There will come a time when I’ll return to take you back. Until then, do what your heart tells you.”
Tara returned to the magical world. The unicorn began bonding with the children. She started living happily. She became very close to the kids. All the children loved the unicorn. Gradually, even the adults started liking her. If someone needed help, or money, or was sick, the unicorn couldn’t ignore it. She would go to them. Her magical presence alone was enough to heal them or protect them from their problems.
Everyone realized that the unicorn had some kind of magic. Just her presence seemed to make all their pain go away.
One day, a little girl took a glowing hair from the unicorn’s tail that had fallen off. It was rainbow-colored. She safely kept it in her cupboard. From that day, magic started happening in her house. Her father got a job. Her mother’s health improved. The children started studying well. Each of their wishes began coming true.
Seeing all this, the neighbors began to wonder how these miracles were happening. When they asked, the little girl told her friends:
“It’s the unicorn’s magic! I kept a strand of her hair safely in my cupboard, and that’s why all this is happening!”
Soon, the girl’s friends went home and told their families everything. Little by little, everyone in the area—adults and children—came to know about it. Everyone started saying,
“The unicorn must stay with us. But we can’t control her. She can’t go everywhere. But maybe if we have a piece of her tail, all our problems will be solved.”
They began thinking about how to get the unicorn’s tail. The adults came up with a plan:
“We must trap the unicorn in a cage. Once she’s caught, we’ll cut off a piece of her tail. Then we can share it.”
But they knew trapping her wouldn’t be easy. So they decided to use the children.
As usual, the unicorn came to play with the kids. As instructed by the adults, the children had already set up a cloth-covered tent that looked like a playhouse. They sent one of the kids inside to bring the unicorn in. The unicorn went inside—and got trapped.
All the children were thrilled.
“You’re going to stay here forever now! We’ll take care of you, bring you everything you need!” they said, jumping with joy.
The unicorn smiled, thinking it was just a game.
But it wasn’t a game—it was a trap.
Suddenly, the adults arrived with scissors, knives, and sticks. They tried to cut off the unicorn’s tail. She started resisting. She wouldn’t let them catch her. But they had no hesitation in hurting her. They began hitting her with sticks and stabbing her with rods. Eventually, they cut her tail.
At that moment, the unicorn thought,
“I helped these people so much. Yet they didn’t show even a drop of gratitude. They had no loyalty, no thankfulness.”
She thought of Tara.
Tara immediately appeared.
Only the unicorn could see her.
Tara instantly understood everything that had happened. She cast a powerful magic spell.
The unicorn’s tail grew back.
The cage, knives, rods, and sticks vanished like air.
There was no sign that the unicorn had ever been there.
All evidence of the cage disappeared.
Tara also erased the memories of everyone in that place. The people were returned to the exact state they were in before the unicorn had arrived. No one remembered the unicorn anymore.
Tara took the unicorn back to the magical world.
But the unicorn couldn’t recover from the shock.
She cried:
“I did so much for them… yet they didn’t even show a single bit of gratitude.”
Tara gently asked,
“Why are you expecting gratitude?”
The unicorn replied,
“I didn’t expect thanks for helping. But how could they hurt me so cruelly, just to fulfill their own needs? That pain… I just can’t bear it.”
Tara explained:
“Human needs only increase day by day. Whenever they form a new bond or leave a relationship, their desires grow with time and age. Their wishes and wants only keep multiplying. You cannot fulfill all their desires. You cannot satisfy them all.
That’s why, whenever I help someone, I choose them carefully. I only help those who are worthy of receiving it. I help those who pass on the kindness they receive to others. I have never helped those who are greedy or selfish.”
Only then did the unicorn understand.
“I misunderstood everything. I failed to see who they truly were. Forgive me. You tried to explain, but I wasn’t mature enough to understand back then. Now I do. From now on, I’ll follow your guidance.”
Moral of the story
We can’t help everyone.
We can’t always know whether the people we help have good intentions. Some may be greedy. Some may live selfishly, always wanting everything just for themselves.
But some—those who’ve truly felt pain or hunger—will be the ones who can’t bear to see others suffer. They’ll be the ones to share what little they have.
You must choose whom to help.
Your help must not stop with one person. It must reach ten others through them. That’s what Tara said.
Those who are greedy or selfish will take everything they can—but they will never help others. But those with kind hearts—those who have felt hunger or hardship—are the ones who will share their blessings with others.
Help them.
That’s how your help becomes a magic that spreads and grows.