THE TIMBER WOLVES ARE A-HOWLING!
YEP.
THE ZAP-APPLES ARE COMING! THE ZAP-APPLES ARE COMING!
YAY! THE ZAP-APPLES ARE COMING!
THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
* MY LITTLE PONY *
* AH-AH-AH-AH *
* MY LITTLE PONY *
* I USED TO WONDER WHAT FRIENDSHIP COULD BE *
* MY LITTLE PONY *
* UNTIL YOU ALL SHARED ITS MAGIC WITH ME *
* BIG ADVENTURE ♪ ♪ TONS OF FUN *
* A BEAUTIFUL HEART FAITHFUL AND STRONG *
* SHARING KINDNESS ♪ ♪ IT'S AN EASY FEAT *
* AND MAGIC MAKES IT ALL COMPLETE *
* YEAH, MY LITTLE PONY *
* DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALL MY VERY BEST FRIENDS? *
HEY, SILLY GOOSE.
QUIT YOUR GAWKING AND MOVE YOUR CABOOSE.
YEP.
READY, GRANNY.
READY FOR WHAT?
FOR MAKING ZAP-APPLE JAM.
DARN TOOTIN'!
IT'S TIME FOR SOME GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED
ZAP-APPLE JAMMING.
YES, MA'AM. I CAN'T WAIT, MA'AM.
WAIT FOR WHAT?
TO MAKE ZAP-APPLE JAM WITH YOU.
OF COURSE.
NOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE PONY.
SO, BE WARNED, PICKLE-PEAR.
THERE'S A WHOLE MESS OF STEPS IN THIS PROCESS.
AND YOU GOTS TO GET EACH ONE OF THEM JUST RIGHT,
OR NO ZAP-APPLE JAM.
TAKE THIS. UH, IS THIS ONE
OF YOUR GAZILLION SECRET HERBAL INGREDIENTS
FOR THE ZAP-APPLE JAM?
THAT THERE'S A BROOM.
NOW, GET SWEEPING, PIP-SQUEAK.
NOW, WHILE YOU SWEEP, I'LL GET TO…
OH, PONYFEATHERS.
I'D FORGET MY MANE IF IT WASN'T ATTACHED TO MY HEAD.
THERE'S THE ZAP-APPLE LEAVES, RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
* A, B, C, D, E, F, G, *
* H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P *
WELL, HOW DO YOU DO, THERE, FILTHY RICH?
HELLO, MRS. SMITH.
DID I HEAR RIGHT…
THAT THERE'S A ZAP-APPLE HARVEST COMING IN A FEW DAYS?
FOUR DAYS, TO BE EXACT.
EXCELLENT NEWS.
AND, AS USUAL, I GET YOUR FIRST 100 JARS?
'COURSE, FILTHY.
UH, I PREFER RICH.
OH, AND HOW IS YOUR PAPPY DOING?
OH, YOU POOR, POOR THING…
HAVING TO MAKE ALL THAT ZAP-APPLE JAM
WITH GRANNY SMITH.
ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO MAKING ZAP-APPLE JAM FOR YEARS.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE JAM.
I'M TALKING ABOUT GRANNY SMITH.
YOU MUST BE SO EMBARRASSED.
WHO'S THERE?!
UH…WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU KNOW. WITH ALL HER SILLY WAYS…
HOW SHE FORGETS THINGS
AND MAKES YOU WEAR THESE RIDICULOUS COSTUMES.
GRANNY SAID THAT THE WATER NEEDS…
THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE ON THE FARM AND NOT IN TOWN,
WHERE EVERYPONY COULD SEE YOU.
DON'T WORRY. YOUR SECRET IS SAFE WITH ME.
SILLY WAYS?
THANK YOU KINDLY, FILTHY!
SHAKE A LEG THERE, SLOWPOKE.
WE'VE GOT A GAGGLE'S WORTH OF GOODS TO GATHER
BEFORE THE HARVEST.
COME ON.
* GONNA MAKE ZAP-APPLE JAM! HOOPTY-HOO! *
* GATHERING MY GOODIES AND HOOPTY-HOO! *
* SINGING AND DANCING! YODELAY-HOO! *
* BLIPPITY BLUE, MY DARLING *
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO.
HEY! YOU BITE IT, YOU BUY IT.
WHY, HELLO, BEE. BEATRICE.
BEECHER.
OH, YOU'VE ALL BEEN BUSY LITTLE BEES, HAVEN'T YOU?
ZZZZ! ZZZZ!
GRANNY.
ISN'T THERE A LESS…SILLY WAY TO GET THE HONEY?
OH, ISN'T THIS JUST PRECIOUS?
PLEASE STOP.
AND IT IS PERFECT FOR MAKING OUR ZAP-APPLE JAM.
SHH! STOP IT, GRANNY!
GRANNY, PLEASE!
THOSE PONIES OVER THERE ARE WATCHING ME.
WHAT? ARE THOSE FILLIES YOUR FRIENDS?
HELLO, HALF-PINT'S FRIENDS!
HI, GRANNY SMITH. HI, HALF-PINT.
WHAT DOLLS.
WHY, WHEN I WAS LITTLE, PONIES DIDN'T COME THAT PURTY.
ARE WE DONE SHOPPING, GRANNY?
'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO THE FARM… FAST.
ALL DONE, SMELLY-BELLY.
* I GOT MY HONEY, GOOEY-GOO! *
* GOT MY HONEY, GOOEY-OO! *
* GOT MY HONEY, YODELAY-OO! *
AND, BY CAPTURING THE WHOLESALE MARKET,
PURCHASING IN BULK, AND SLASHING OUR PRICES,
WE UNDERMINED EVERY OTHER GIFT MARKET IN TOWN.
AND THAT'S HOW RICH'S BARNYARD BARGAINS
BECAME THE CORNERSTONE OF RETAIL IN PONYVILLE.
WELL, THANK YOU, MR. FILTHY… I MEAN, MR. RICH.
WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY OF SHARING.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY.
NOW, LET'S SEE WHO WILL BE BRINGING IN A FAMILY MEMBER
FOR NEXT MONDAY'S FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY.
UM…OH! APPLE BLOOM.
BUT, MISS CHEERILEE, MONDAY IS ZAP-APPLE HARVEST DAY,
AND APPLEJACK AND BIG MACINTOSH WILL BE TOO BUSY
TO COME AND SPEAK.
WELL, IS THERE ANYPONY ELSE IN YOUR FAMILY THAT COULD?
MISS CHEERILEE, APPLE BLOOM'S GRANNY SMITH
ISN'T WORKING HARVEST.
SHE COULD COME.
OH! BUT, UH, NO, THAT WOULDN'T…
THAT'S A SPLENDID IDEA, DIAMOND TIARA.
APPLE BLOOM, YOU SHALL BRING IN GRANNY SMITH ON MONDAY.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYPONY!
GRANNY SMITH!
COME MONDAY, I'LL BE THE LAUGHINGSTOCK OF PONYVILLE!
I'M SORRY, APPLE BLOOM.
I ALREADY TOLD YOU
THAT WE JUST CAN'T TAKE A BREAK FROM HARVEST
TO COME TO YOUR SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN.
I KNOW.
AFTER THE FIFTH DAY, THE ZAP-APPLES DISAPPEAR.
LOOK! THE THIRD SIGN!
RIGHT ON TIME! HOT DIGGITY!
WOW!
ALL RIGHT, YOU LAZY DAISIES! COOL YOUR CABOOSE!
I'M SORRY, APPLE BLOOM, BUT DON'T YOU FRET.
GRANNY SMITH'S GOT NO SHORTAGE
OF ENTERTAINING STORIES TO TELL.
I KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
I'LL BE EMBARRASSED. SHAMED! DISGRACED!
MORTIFIED! HUMILIATED!
WHAT ARE YOU, A DICTIONARY?
SNAP OUT OF IT. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.
AFTER ALL, WE ARE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO POSTPONE YOUR PRESENTATION.
BUT HOW?
OOH.
ALL THIS WORRY IS MAKING ME SICK.
SICK?
THAT'S IT! COME ON.
FORWARD, HUT!
NOW, LISTEN HERE, TROOPS.
I DON'T COTTON TO ANY WHINING
OR CRYING OR CRACKING UNDER PRESSURE.
DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?
COURT-MARTIALED!
STAY STILL, APPLE BLOOM. YOU HAVE TO LOOK SICK.
AAH! HEY, THIS IS HOT!
WHAT IN THE HAYSEED IS GOING ON IN THERE, SILLY BILLIES?
OH, GRANNY SMITH.
WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO COME GET YOU.
APPLE BLOOM'S SICK.
LOOKS LIKE SHE MIGHT HAVE TO STAY HOME ALL WEEK.
PERFECT AS A PICCADILLY PEAR.
NOW WHAT?
IT'S ALREADY ALMOST SUNDOWN!
TOMORROW IS SUNDAY,
AND I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT!
HEY! LOOK!
THAT'S THE FOURTH SIGN!
THE ZAP-APPLES HAVE APPEARED!
AND THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA.
WE CAN'T MOVE FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY,
SO LET'S MOVE HARVEST DAY INSTEAD.
Apple Bloom: THEY DON'T LOOK…QUITE RIPE.
HARVESTING APPLES EARLY NEVER HURT AN APPLE.
I DON'T KNOW.
ZAP-APPLE TREES AREN'T LIKE NORMAL APPLE TREES.
THEY'RE MAGIC.
HOW DIFFERENT CAN THEY BE?
WELL, IF WE CAN'T BUCK 'EM, LET'S JUST PICK 'EM.
ANY OTHER BRIGHT IDEAS?
GRANNY SMITH, IT'S MISS CHEERILEE.
APPLE BLOOM SAID YOU WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ME?
HELLO?
GRANNY SMITH… OH!
WELL, HELLO, THERE! HOW DO YOU DO?
UH, HI, GRANNY SMITH. IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
OF COURSE IT IS. WHY WOULDN'T IT BE?
OH, EXCUSE ME.
PICKLES ALWAYS GIVE ME THE HICCUPS.
I NEED TO TELL YOU
THAT I CAN'T MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON MONDAY AFTER ALL.
OH, NO. IS THAT SO?
NO DOUBTS ABOUT IT.
I GOT TO SHEAR THE FLOWERS AND WATER THE SHEEP.
I MEAN…
I HAVE TO WATER THE FLOWERS AND SHEAR THE SHEEP.
OH. WELL, THAT'S TOO BAD. WE CAN RESCHEDULE.
WHAT? HUH? WHERE AM I?
WELL, HOWDY, MISS CHEERILEE. YOU WINDOW-SHOPPING?
UH, NO. YOU ASKED ME TO COME HERE
TO TELL ME THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE MAKING IT
TO FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY.
FIDDLESTICKS!
I WOULDN'T MISS IT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CANTERLOT.
BUT DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY…
SEE YOU MONDAY!
I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE WOKE UP FROM HER NAP.
SHE NEVER WAKES UP FROM HER NAP.
I WISH I COULD JUST RUN OFF AND HIDE.
WELL, YOU CAN'T RUN OFF, BUT MAYBE SOMEPONY ELSE CAN.
YEEHAW!
THE ZAP-APPLE HARVEST HAS BEGUN.
AND TOMORROW, WE'LL BE MAKING UP SOME ZAP-APPLE JAM.
MISS GRANNY SMITH… TELEGRAM.
WELL, BUST MY BUTTONS.
UNCLE APPLE STRUDEL WANTS ME TO PAY HIM A VISIT.
AND YOU CAN JUST MAKE THE 8:00 A.M. TRAIN.
I ALREADY PACKED YOU A BAG.
WELL, THAT WAS CONSIDERATE.
BUT DON'T YOU WORRY, FLIBBERTY GIBBERT.
I'LL BE BACK IN TIME TO MAKE THAT JAM.
THAT TRAIN RIDE TAKES ALL DAY.
I'M SAFE. HA.
FOR TODAY'S FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY,
WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GRANNY SMITH.
UM, APPLE BLOOM. IS GRANNY SMITH HERE?
OH, I'M SORRY, MISS CHEERILEE, BUT SHE GOT CALLED OUT OF TOWN
ON ACCOUNT OF A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
WELL, HOWDY, MY LITTLE PONIES!
HOWDY, Y'ALL.
I'M AS HAPPY AS A PIG IN A FRESH MUD PILE TO BE HERE.
WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
DID YOU MISS THE TRAIN?
NO, IT CAME.
AND UNCLE APPLE STRUDEL WAS ON IT.
OH! AH! NOOGIE-NOOGIE-NOOGIE!
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR GRANNY SMITH'S PRESENTATION…
if she can remember any of it.
LONG AGO, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE PONY,
THINGS WERE VERY DIFFERENT HERE IN PONYVILLE,
'CAUSE THERE WAS NO PONYVILLE!
THAT'S RIGHT, MY LITTLE PONIES.
ME AND MY FAMILY WERE PILGRIM PONYFOLK,
BACK WHEN I WAS A LITTLE FILLY.
OH, WE VENTURED FAR AND WIDE,
COLLECTING NEW SEEDS AND SELLING OLD.
BUT MY PA WAS THE FINEST SEED-COLLECTOR IN ALL EQUESTRIA.
THEN, ONE DAY, THE SMITH FAMILY FOUND THEMSELVES
IN THE MOST BRILLIANT, MOST GRAND, MOST MAGNIFICENT
OF ALL CITIES… A PLACE CALLED CANTERLOT.
WHY, I'LL BET YOU HOOVES TO HINDQUARTERS,
I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE NOR SINCE.
AND, AS IF THE BEAUTY OF THAT CITY WASN'T ENOUGH,
SUDDENLY SHE APPEARED…
PRINCESS CELESTIA, THE MOST REGAL OF ALL HORSES.
WHEN, LO AND BEHOLD,
SHE STOPPED TO LOOK AT MY PA'S SEED COLLECTION.
THEN, PRINCESS CELESTIA SAW THAT WE WERE PLUMB TUCKERED
FROM THE HANKERING TO FIND OUR FOREVER HOME.
SO, BEING THE ROYAL PRINCESS AND ALL, SHE KNEW EXACTLY THE PLACE
FOR US TO LAY DOWN OUR STAKES.
MY PA GAVE THE PRINCESS A MIGHTY THANKS.
WE QUICKLY FOUND THAT LAND NEAR THE EVERFREE FOREST,
AND WE BUILT OUR FIRST HOME.
NEXT, WE PLANTED OUR FIRST ORCHARD.
BUT AN ORCHARD DON'T GROW OVERNIGHT,
AND WE WERE GETTING MIGHTY SHORT ON FOOD.
NOW, MIND YOU, WE WERE CAUTIONED ABOUT THE FOREST,
AND WE KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT FIT TO ENTER.
BUT I KNEW IF THERE WAS CRITTERS LIVING THERE,
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING TO EAT.
IT WAS DARK AND MUSTY, AND, I WON'T LIE, IT WAS SCARY.
BUT EVERY INCH WAS COVERED IN PLANT LIFE.
AND, BEFORE I KNEW IT,
WASN'T I STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE APPLE TREES.
I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
THAT BORE THIS KIND OF COLORFUL FRUIT.
I STARTED PICKING APPLES QUICK AS A WHIP.
I TURNED, AND THERE BEFORE ME STOOD…THE TIMBER WOLVES.
I'VE NEVER RUN SO FAST IN MY LIFE!
I DID THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF.
MY PA AND I PLANTED THOSE SPECIAL APPLE SEEDS,
AND, BEFORE OUR EYES, THEY GREW LIKE A WILDFIRE.
WHY, WE HAD FULL-GROWN TREES
FASTER THAN YOU COULD SAY "LICKETY-SPLIT"!
THEN, EACH YEAR, I PAID CLOSE ATTENTION
TO THE SIGNS OF THE ZAP-APPLES' SPECIAL HARVESTING TIMES…
HOW THE WEATHER AFFECTS THE EVERFREE FOREST,
HOW THE TIMBER WOLVES HOWL
WHEN THE ZAP-APPLES FIRST START GROWING,
AND HOW THEY ZAPPED AWAY IF YOU DIDN'T PICK THEM ALL IN ONE DAY!
AND THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR WERE THE BEST FRUIT WE EVER TASTED.
SOON ENOUGH, I WAS MIXING UP BATCHES OF ZAP-APPLE JAM.
JUST LIKE HARVESTING THE ZAP-APPLES
HAD ITS SPECIAL RULES, SO DID MAKING ZAP-APPLE JAM.
I LEARNED THAT YOU GOT TO BE EXTRA FRIENDLY WITH THE BEES.
OTHERWISE, THEIR HONEY WON'T TASTE RIGHTLY SWEET
TO MIX IN WITH THE ZAP-APPLES.
WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT THAT GLASS JARS NEEDED TALKING TO…
OR THAT ZAP-APPLES LIKE PINK POLKA DOTS?
BUT MAGIC IS AS MAGIC DOES… JUST FUNNY THAT WAY.
THEN, PONIES STARTED COMING TO OUR FARM FROM FAR AND WIDE
JUST TO GET A TASTE OF MY ZAP-APPLE JAM.
SOME EVEN DECIDED TO STAY…
LIKE STINKIN' RICH,
DIAMOND TIARA'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
MATTER OF FACT,
THE FIRST THING HE EVER SOLD WAS MY ZAP-APPLE JAM.
AND, BEFORE WE KNEW IT, WE HAD OURSELVES A NICE LITTLE TOWN,
BUSTLING WITH ALL KINDS OF PONIES.
AND THAT IS HOW PONYVILLE WAS FOUNDED.
OH, THANK YOU KINDLY, LITTLE PONIES.
NOW, NOW, LET'S SETTLE DOWN.
SO, IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU AND THE ZAP-APPLES,
PONYVILLE WOULDN'T EVEN EXIST?
DARN TOOTIN', LITTLE FILLY.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY GRANNY SMITH,
YOUR DADDY WOULDN'T HAVE BARNYARD BARGAINS.
UH-HUH. YEAH!
BUT…
BUT SHE'S JUST A KOOKY OLD LADY!
SHE IS NOT A KOOKY OLD LADY!
SHE IS THE MOST AMAZING PONY IN ALL OF PONYVILLE!
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST ZAP-APPLE JAM I'VE TASTED YET.
MUST BE 'CAUSE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, APPLE BLOOM.
YOU BETCHA!
APPLE BLOOM IS ONE HUMDINGER OF A ZAP-APPLE JAMMER.
I AM?
SO, I TAKE IT FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY WENT WELL?
DID IT!
MY GRANNY SMITH IS SUPER-SPECIAL.
I JUST FORGOT THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AW, DON'T FRET. I FORGET THINGS ALL THE TIME.
NOW, I'LL GET YOU SOMETHING.
AW.
WHO WANTS TO HELP GRANNY SING TO THE WATER?
WE DO! WE DO!
* A, B, C, D, E, F, G *
DIAMOND TIARA.
BUT, DAD!
* MY LITTLE PONY *
* FRIENDS *