At the end of the rainbow...

At the end of every rainbow
lies a little pot of gold
that little leprechauns guard
for the pink, fluffy unicorns
who dance upon
these multicolored arches.

Not many people know this,
and much of this is lore,
but those little leprechauns?
They really aren't that little.
Unicorn magic shrinks them
so they can hide close to the gold
in case someone tries to sneak
in and take it.

Like I said, though,
much of this is lore,
and I have never seen it,
nor has anyone I know.
But my grandfather's great-great-grandfather
says he saw one in his glory days.
And ever since then,
that story has become
the talk of the town
and a part of the family history.


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