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06/18/11(Sat)02:53 No.26937255"Dad? Why did you and mom call me Snips?" asked Snips, petulantly.
Mr. Orchid put down the newspaper and sighed. (His mustache puffed out with the breeze.) "I guess you're old enough. Sit. This might take a while."
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The three young unicorns Gold Orchid, Rusty Teakettle, and Marsh Post were the best of friends. They did everything together. They threw rocks at birds, they tussled with the schoolyard threesome of earthpony fillies that got on their nerves, they tried levitating things higher than each other, and generally, they were colts being colts.
As they got older, Gold was the best at getting ladies, so he would be wingman while hooking the other two up. Marsh was the first to get married, but within months, Rusty and Gold had a dual wedding with their brides, twin unicorn mares named Sherry and Chardonnay.
Since they got married so close together, it was no surprise that their blushing brides were soon expecting. When the doctors delivered the news that each was pregnant with colts, Rusty was the one with the brilliant idea of naming their sons after that old nursery rhyme.
Puppydog Tails didn't survive birth. Rusty and Sherry were devastated. Soon after, Sherry got a better job in Hoofington, so they moved away.
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Snips looked sad. "That's a horrible story, Dad."
Mr. Orchid nodded. "Tell ya what, let's all go to the park this weekend, us and Mom, and Marsh's family. We haven't talked much lately."
And at the picnic, Snips recognized his talent for cutting the crusts off of sandwiches.
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