Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for December 19, 2014

Become a better liar, than you are ready for a career in politics.We had a spell of warm weather and my horse managed to find a dozen ticks, on his butt and in his tail. Just the kind of bug we all can appreciate.

Marigold’s tail is cute as a puffball.

Phoebe, I feel dissapointed.

Even Marigold’s scarf is quite alarmed.

Of course Phoebe should not be surprised when she has a lump of coal in her stocking December 25th. (I don’t think there will be a bundle of switches as that wouldn’t be congruent with her parent’s child development practices).

Phoebe, you’d better hope Marigold doesn’t respond in kind. To paraphrase an old commercial, “It’s not NICE to fool your Unicorn!”, to be followed closely by sturm und drang.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/141208_honesty.htm – Punishing kids for lying shown not to work, and may just teach them they need to become better liars.

Oh boy.

Marigold, who has faced goblins, lake monsters and dragons, is creeped out by a little bug?

Nominated for best unicorn jump of the year!

This past weeks storyline has added another layer of realism and complexity to Phoebe that’s just delightful.

Bad hair day, Mari?

Today’s comic is definitely an Ozy & Millie moment — although it would be Millie pranking Felicia.

@Phoebe

LOL, Good one Phoebe!!

Poor Phoebe… already sliding down the slippery slope… soon she’ll be getting body piercings, tramp stamp tattoos, hanging around with the bad boys and knocking over liquor stores for drug money… sob…

As C. S. Lewis points out, it took many centuries for Western civilization as a whole to get the idea that fiction and lies are different. That’s why so many medieval and Renaissance books start off with “I found this old book somewhere, and this is the story it tells.” Even Tolkien does it, though in his case it’s just for fun.

Uh oh…