The Republic of Unicornia

Martha shares a funny story about her five-year-old great-niece, who misunderstood the name of her adopted home state, California. Then again, Unicornia does have a nice ring to it. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “The Republic of Unicornia”

My grandniece Evie is almost five and the other day she and her grandma were talking about my nephew and his boyfriend who live in New York but who had been visiting me here in California.

So Evie’s grandma is telling her that those guys had a really good time here but they’d gone back to New York, at which point little Evie pipes up and says, no, I think they’re still in Unicornia.

Yeah, California is something of a unicorn.

Right?

She’s not wrong.

Not wrong at all.

A little fantastical, a little unbelievable, very exceptional.

Proud residents of Unicornia.

Well, you can reach me and great auntie Martha on the telephone at 877-929-9673.

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