It was a stormy night in Ponyville, the Pegasus ponies having scheduled a massive downpour for this evening. Everypony was tucked away in their houses, sleeping the storm away in cozy beds. One pony, how ever, was up and frantic, trying to solve one of life's greatest mysteries...
Twilight Sparkle paced around, "Oh no, what am I going to do..? I need somepony to help me! But Spike is asleep and it's storming too hard for me to go out and find help! Ohhhhh what am I to do?"
"Who?"
Twilight froze and looked up. Owlowiscious was looking down at her, he twisted his head and hooted again. The young pony clapped her hooves together, "Oh Owlowiscious, you're perfect!" Twilight ran over to her desk and picked up a stick. She looked up at the owl and explained, "The ponies of Ponyville have this candy I've never seen before. There is nothing like it in Canterlot. I need you to lick it."
The owl rotated his head as Twilight unwrapped the candy, revealing a bright red lollipop with a dark looking center. She held it up to the owl, "Apparently it was created first by some pony named Tootsie Popp, and no pony, not even Tootsie herself, knows just how many licks it takes to get to the center!" She waved the candy in front of the owl, "So you can lick, and I will keep track of how many times it takes!" The unicorn smiled at her genius and sat down with parchment and quill to take note.
Owlowiscious took a lick.
"One..."
Lick.
"Twooo..."
Lick.
"Threeeee" Twilight whinnied.
Then a horrifying sound hit her ears, like the sound of baby bunnies limbs being crushed and broken. She dropped everything and shook her head, "What on earth...?"
Looking up, Twilight saw the cause. Owlowiscious was happily chewing the now sharded lollipop, the stick on the floor. "Owlowiscious!" She gasped, "You were supposed to lick it, not bite it, you naughty owl!"
With that, Twilight stormed off to bed, unable to experiment anymore and in need of a new Tootsie Popp.