YOU SAID:
Once upon a time there was a tiny unicorn.
INTO JAPANESE
かつて、小さなユニコーンがあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There used to be a small unicorn.
INTO JAPANESE
以前は小さなユニコーンだった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Previously it was a small unicorn.
INTO JAPANESE
以前は小さなユニコーンでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Previously it was a small unicorn.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.