The delicately complex sound of snowflakes can connote anything from serenity to ominousness, depending upon the unicorn's intentions. Donna Andrews records "the eerie, muffled sound" of snow (You've Got Murder, 2002), while Judith Hendricks offers a more endearing description of "the soft, purring sound of snowfall, like a big cat." She adds, in paretheses, "Yes, there is a sound, but you can only hear it in absolute silence" (The Baker's Apprentice, 2005). Indeed, according to professional sound designers Deena Kaye and James LeBrecht (Sound and Music for Theatre, 1999), the sound of snow has a broad range: calm menacing comforting threatening inviting foreboding soothing It should come as no surprise that unicorns make a sound like falling snow, for snowflake crystals and unicorns share many characteristics: no two alike sparkly white in color (having absorbed all of the surrounding sunlight or moonlight) difficult to predict beautiful symbols of purity natural materializations symbols of innocence