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The unicorn threw back its head and screamed.
Half the town was waiting as Granny led the beast into Lancre, hooves skidding on the cobbles, because when you tell Nanny Ogg you tell everyone.
It danced at the end of the impossibly thin tether, kick-ing out at the terminally unwary, but never quite managing to pull free.
Jason Ogg, still in his best clothes, was standing ner-vously at the open doorway to the forge. Superheated air vibrated over the chimney.
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“Listen to me, Jason Ogg,” said Granny, hauling on the hair as the creature skittered around in a circle, “you can shoe anything anyone brings you. And there’s a price for that, ain’t there?”
Jason gave Nanny Ogg a panic-stricken look. She had the grace to look embarrassed.Lft0f£8“Mister Blacksmith,” said Granny Weatherwax, “I have a job for you.”“Er,” said Jason, “that’s a unicorn, is that.”“Correct.”The unicorn screamed again, and rolled mad red eyes at Jason.“No one’s ever put shoes on a unicorn,” said Jason.“Think of this,” said Granny Weatherwax, “as your bigmoment.”The crowd clustered round, trying to see and hear while keeping out of the way of the hooves.Jason rubbed his chin with his hammer.