Once There Was by Kiyash Monsef romance and comedian Stephen Fry

and comedian Stephen Fry

The girls should be celebrating

a religious man and hero in the community

breakfast dishes still in the sink

I can't go back in the house

Once There Was by Kiyash Monsef romance and comedian Stephen FryA novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to mythical creaturesand that she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers. Once was, once wasnt. So began the stories Marjans father told her as a little girlfables like the story of the girl who sprung a unicorn from a hunters snare, or the nomad boy who rescued a baby shirdal. Tales of extraordinary beasts that filled her with curiosity and