"My Little Pony Tales" Episodes Season 1
Copyright © 2008 George Hazard. All Rights Reserved.
The Weather Outside is Frightening
The ponies walk in as class begins.
"Alright class, settle down," said Ms Hackney, their school teacher. We have a special guest with us today. The class chatters about who the guest could be. Please welcome Daniel S. Frederick. He is the weatherpony in Ponyville. He has come here today to speak about weather safety.
"Thank you m'am," said Daniel. Now, can any of you tell me what lightning is? Bright Eyes raises her hoof. Daniel points to her. Yes young pony.
"Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms," said Bright Eyes.
"Very good," said Daniel. The next thing is that when bad weather strikes, it is always handy to have a weather radio with you to keep you up to date on the storm. What this does is it will tell you when a weather bulletin has arrived. A weather bulletin is a message that the radio receives from a place called The National Weather Service alerts areas of incoming bad weather. Outside, as you may or may not have noticed, we have a new warning system up. Careful, though, it should not be pressed while anyone is outside because it can damage your hearing. The class gasps. Sweetheart raises her hoof.
"Will there really truly be any bad weather here?" asked Sweetheart.
"Well it's not very likely but I suppose it is possible," said Daniel. I have provided you all a tape of what weather is like, along with what bad weather looks like. He slides the video into the VCR. I will pause at certain points to better explain them to you. He pauses the tape. See this oval shaped dot with several colors inside? That's bad weather. It is called a severe thunderstorm. What a severe thunderstorm does is that, depending on how bad the storm is, can be quite noisy outside. Hail is solid ice, which will hurt your head if you aren't well protected. Suddenly, lightning flashes across the sky. Well, I guess I'll have to wrap up early to get ahead of the storm.
"Thanks for coming, Daniel," said Hackney. Daniel walks out the door.
"It's really truly getting dark out," said Sweetheart.
"It's probably nothing more than a thunderstorm," said Teddy. Lightning again illuminates the sky and thunder crackles shortly afterwards.
"I hope it lets up soon," said Bon-Bon.
"Remain calm, class, let's try to get on with our lesson," said Hackney. The power shuts off.
"Whoa, who turned out the lights?" asked Lancer.
"The power must be out," said Melody.
"What are we going to do, now?" asked Patch.
"Relax, I'll get us out of here," said Ace.
"How, you can't see anything," said Melody. Sirens begin wailing.
"Wait, do you guys hear that?" asked Bright Eyes.
"I don't hear anything," said Teddy.
"I do," said Sweetheart. It sounds like some sort of fire truck noise.
"Ms Hackney, any idea what the noise is?" asked Patch.
"I'd say it's that new warning system," said Hackney.
"Why are they sounding?" asked Melody.
"Bad weather, I guess," said Ace.
"Oh no, guys, look now," said Clover.
"What is it?" asked Sweetheart.
"Looks like some kind of finger dropping from the clouds.
"Oh no, that's a tornado!" yelled Hackney. Everyone we must take shelter!
"What do we do?" asked Sweetheart.
"Get down on your knees, away from the windows," said Hackney. The tornado shatters the windows and the entire school shakes. Then, it lifts and dissipates. Everyone slowly rises.
"It's over!" said Bright Eyes.
"Too bad our school was damaged," said Melody.
"That's alright," said Hackney. They aren't expensive windows. Class is dismissed early while I clean up. Everyone races out the door.
"I'm glad that's over," said Lancer.
"You can say that again," said Melody.
"Let's go to the ice cream shop!" said Patch. Race you all there! She races off and the others chase after her.
Lucky Melody
At school…
"Alright class, I'm handing back your tests," said Hackney. I would like to congratulate Melody on her A+ for the test.
"An A+!?" said Melody in disbelief. This is so awesome!
"Congrats, Melody," said Starlight.
"That's really truly great, Melody," said Sweetheart.
"I got a B!" said Patch.
"Good work, ponies," said Hackney. Now then, let's start our next lesson. When you multiply two negative numbers, the result is positive. If, however you multiply one positive number and one negative number the result is negative. For example, let's say you have -2 times -5. What is the result?
"Ten," said Bright Eyes.
"Very good, Bright Eyes," said Hackney. Now what about -4 times 3?
"Negative 12," said Patch.
"Excellent, Patch," said Hackney. The cookoo clock sounds. Alright, that's enough for today. Everyone bolts out the door.
"Let's go celebrate our great test grades at the ice cream shop!" said Bon-Bon
"Yeah, good idea, Bon-Bon," said Melody. They race off. At the ice cream shop…I still cannot believe I got an A+ on that test.
"The sundaes are on the house," said Starlight. Melody's sundae dish off the counter and falls onto the floor without breaking.
"Wow, that was lucky, Melody," said Sweetheart.
"Yeah, you should be more careful, Melody," said Bright Eyes.
"I don't need to be careful when I'm lucky," said Melody. She walks off.
"What's up with her?" asked Bright Eyes.
"We must go talk to her," said Patch.
"Maybe she'll be better tomorrow," said Sweetheart.
"I don't know about the rest of you but I'm not waiting until tomorrow," said Starlight.
"What can we do?" asked Clover.
"We can try and cause a little bad luck on her," said Patch.
"Wouldn't that be just a teensy bit harsh?" asked Sweetheart.
"This is nothing compared to how she has just treated us," said Bright Eyes.
"What should we do?" asked Bon-Bon.
"We'll need to lay out some traps," said Bright Eyes.
"What kind of traps?" asked Sweetheart.
"You know, like a rope with a loop to catch someone," said Bright Eyes. Come on, let's go find a rope and tie it to a tree! She walks out and the others follow. They set up the rope and hide. Shh, here she comes. Melody is walking home, still amazed at her high grade and literally walks into the trap.
"Where did this come from?" asked Melody.
"Gotcha!" yelled everyone.
"What was this for?" asked Melody.
"We wanted to pay you back for how you treated us at the ice cream shop," said Bright Eyes.
"I…I…I'm sorry," said Melody. I was so excited about how lucky I had become I had totally ignored all of you.
"Ponies, what do you think?" asked Patch. The ponies huddle and whisper to one another and after a couple of minutes, lift their heads and turn back around.
"We can be friends with you again but make sure you avoid letting luck get the best of you," said Bright Eyes.
"It's a deal," said Melody. So, where do we all want to do now?
"Home, probably," said Clover. It's getting late and our parents will worry if they find out we're not there.
"Sounds good to me," said Bright Eyes.
"Me too," said Bon-Bon.
"Me three," said Patch.
"It's good be friends with you all again," said Melody.
"We're glad to be friends with you too, Melody," said Bright Eyes.
Broken Bright Eyes
On the soccer field…
"Over here, over here!" yelled Ace to Lancer.
"No, no, over here!" said Teddy.
"Heads up!" yelled Lancer. He kicks the ball and Teddy gets it. The ball flies through the air and is caught by Bon-Bon.
"Nice catch, Bon-Bon," said Melody.
"Thanks, Melody," said Bon-Bon. She tosses it to Melody.
"I'm open, I'm open!" yelled Patch. Melody kicks the ball to Patch and Patch shoots a goal. Yes, one to zero!
"Not bad… for a girl," said Teddy.
"We can still win this," said Ace. The game has only just begun. Go long, Teddy!
"You got it, Ace," said Teddy running. Lancer joins Teddy on the other side near the goal. Teddy passes the ball to Lancer and he scores a goal. All tied up.
"Not for long," said Starlight. She kicks the ball to Patch. Go for it, Patch! Patch kicks the ball over the goalie, Ace and into the net.
"Lucky shot," said Teddy.
"Ace, over here!" yelled Lancer. Ace throws the ball to Lancer but is blocked by Bon-Bon and headed back towards Ace's goal.
"Shoot it, Sweetheart!" said Bon-Bon. Bon-Bon kicks the ball but Ace blocks it.
"Good save, Ace!" said Lancer.
"Heads up, Teddy!" said Ace throwing the ball. Teddy gets to the ball and kicks but the ball ricochets off a tree and straight into Bright Eyes' leg, causing her to collapse.
"Bright Eyes, are you okay?" asked Melody.
"Yeah, I guess…," said Bright Eyes. She tries to stand. Ow! I guess not.
"Someone get Mrs. Hackney," said Starlight.
"I'm on it!" yelled Lancer. Minutes later…
"Bright Eyes, Bright Eyes, are you okay?" asked Hackney. Are you hurt?
"There's something wrong with her leg," said Melody.
"We should take her to the Ponyville hospital," said Patch.
"Good idea, Patch," said Hackney. Two ponies lift Bright Eyes up and carry her to the hospital. At the hospital…
"Well, Mrs. Bright Eyes, you have broken your leg," said Dan. You'll have to be in a cast for two weeks.
"Weeks!?" exclaimed Bright Eyes. What about school?
"That'll be taken care of," said Dan. Your friends have been asked to send you the homework from school each day until your leg heals.
"I'm really truly sorry about the ball, Bright Eyes," said Sweetheart.
"It's okay," said Bright Eyes. Teddy didn't mean it. The next day…
"Due to Bright Eyes' accident, we are all going to pitch in and make a card for her," said Hackney. Everyone gather supplies and begin. Everyone began making their cards. Later that day…
"Hi Bright Eyes," said Starlight. How's the leg doing?
"It's getting better but it's going to be a while still," said Bright Eyes.
"We all made you cards to help you feel better," said Sweetheart.
"Thanks everyone," said Bright Eyes.
"Hope your leg feels better soon, Bright Eyes," said Patch. See you later! They walk out. One week later, back in school…
"Bright Eyes, you can walk again!" said Starlight.
"I thought you said it took two weeks to heal?" said Melody confused.
"My leg healed up early," said Bright Eyes.
"That's really truly awesome, Bright Eyes," said Sweetheart.
"Why don't we celebrate by going to the ice cream shop after school?" asked Melody.
"Sounds good to me," said Bright Eyes.
"And delicious," said Starlight. Everyone laughs.
The Prank Caller
At school…
"Settle down, class," said Hackney. To being our lesson, I have written 3 problems on the board and would like 3 of you to go to the board and solve them. Who would like to volunteer?
"I would, Mrs. Hackney," said Patch.
"Very well, Patch, go right ahead," said Hackney. Who else? Several ponies raise their hoofs. How about you, Melody?
"Sure, Mrs. Hackney," said Melody.
"I need one final volunteer," said Hackney. Anyone?
"I will," said Bon-Bon.
"Alright, Bon-Bon," said Hackney. The ponies solve the problems. Excellent, very good. The school clock sounds. Good bye, everyone, see you tomorrow! Meanwhile…
"Uh yes, is your refrigerator running?" asked Teddy on the phone.
"Yes it is," said Mrs. Pink.
"Then you'd better go catch it!" said Teddy. He laughs and hangs up the phone. He picks up once more and dials. Yes, is this the Backer residence?
"It is," said Mrs. Backer.
"Is your refrigerator running?" asked Teddy.
"Yes it is," said Mrs. Backer.
"You'd better go catch it then," said Teddy. He hangs up the phone, laughing. Oh man, these are great! I should try it on everyone! The next day…
"Any of you get a strange phone call that their refrigerator was running?" asked Melody.
"I got it," said Patch.
"So did I," said Bon-Bon.
"Yup, me too," said Clover. I wonder who it could've been.
"I'll bet he or she will strike again tonight," said Bright Eyes. We need to find out who this person is before then.
"How are we going to do that, Bright Eyes?" asked Patch.
"Simple, we wait until the call comes in at our houses and try to figure out who it is by their voice," said Bright Eyes.
"We'll have to use tape recorders to capture the voice in case we somehow miss it or still can't figure out who it is," said Bon-Bon.
"That's a good idea, Bon-Bon," said Bright Eyes. So we tune in tonight. Later that night…
"So, any of you figure out the prankster?" asked Bon-Bon.
"All I could gather was that it was a male voice," said Clover.
"That narrows it down to Lancer, Teddy and Ace," said Bright Eyes.
"Based on the voice we heard and on the current possibilities, who do we think this person is?" asked Patch.
"I bet it's Teddy, this is something he'd be known for doing," said Melody.
"That's not to say the other two could be doing it as well, seeing as they are friends with Teddy," said Bright Eyes.
"From what I could gather, I truly think it's not Teddy, since he isn't always wanting to pull pranks," said Sweetheart.
"Me, I think it's also Teddy," said Bright Eyes. We've seen what mean things he has done in the past and this falls right into the same category.
"Good point," said Melody. I think it's clear that most of us think this is Teddy's idea. The next day…
"Uh, hi, uh, what's going on?" asked Teddy.
"You should know exactly what's going on, Teddy," said Bright Eyes. You've been prank calling us and we want it to stop.
"Alright, alright, I'll stop, it was just a joke," said Teddy.
"Well it wasn't funny at all," said Melody.
"You're right, I'm sorry," said Teddy now feeling down.
"I hope you are," said Patch.
"I think you are," said Sweetheart. Teddy smiles.
Homesick
Inside Melody's house…
"Melody, time for school," said her mother. Melody moans, then sneezes. Melody? Are you alright?
"No, mom, I think I have a fever," said Melody.
"Are you sure?' asked her mother. Let me go get the thermometer. She sticks it in Melody's mouth and the mercury rises to 101 degrees. You do indeed, have a fever. Guess you'll have to stay home today. Her phone rings and Melody answers.
"Hello?" said Melody in a rather low voice.
"So, you're sick too, huh?" asked Bright Eyes.
"Uh-huh," said Melody.
"Well, unfortunately so am… she sneezes... I," said Bright Eyes.
"How are the others?" asked Melody.
"Sick as well, must be some kind of bug going around," said Bright Eyes. I called them before I called you.
"Well, at least I'm not alone," said Melody.
"That's for sure, Melody," said Bright Eyes. Well, hope you feel better.
"Yeah, you too," said Melody.
"Bye," said Bright Eyes.
"See ya," said Melody. Both hang up their phones. Melody sneezes, then falls back into bed. At school…
"What does one do without students to teach?" asked Hackney. Hopefully tomorrow is better but what to do about today? Oh well, maybe I can just go home, seeing as I won't be teaching today. Elsewhere, Ace calls Teddy.
"Hello?" said Teddy.
"Hey Teddy, so I hear you're sick," said Ace
"Really, how'd you guess?" asked Teddy.
"Oh, I discovered that by the fact that you weren't in school today, no one seemed to be," said Ace. I had already gotten a call from Bright Eyes, saying that everyone's out sick. Well, gotta go, need my rest. He hangs up.
"Bye," said Teddy. He too hangs up. At Bon-Bon's house…
"Do you need anything, Bon-Bon?" asked her mother.
"If you wouldn't mind getting me a glass of orange juice, that would be nice," said Bon-Bon. She sneezes.
"That's quite the cold you have," said her father.
"Yeah, but at least it's not just me," said Bon-Bon. Just wish I weren't sick at all.
"I'm sure everyone feels the same way you do, dear," said her mother.
"I wonder how Mrs. Hackney's handling the class," said Bon-Bon.
"I bet she's not in, seeing as there aren't any students to teach," said her father. Meanwhile, at Patch's house…
"It's a shame you're sick, Patch," said her mother. Any word on how your friends are doing?
"Well, from what Bright Eyes told me, everyone is sick," said Patch. She sneezes.
"Everyone!?" said her mother. Is it really that bad a bug?
"I guess so," said Patch.
"Well, hopefully you and your friends will feel better tomorrow," said her father. Right now you need your sleep.
"Okay," said Patch sighing. She sleeps. At all other houses, Melody, etc sleeps. The next day…
"Wow, I feel so much better!" said Patch. She calls everyone.
"I'm truly feeling much better," said Sweetheart. I got a call from Teddy, whom says he feels better too.
"That's good to hear," said Patch.
"I can't believe I'm saying it but I'm glad to be going back to school," said Melody. Being stuck at home sick isn't very fun at all.
"You can say that again," said Bright Eyes. At school…
"Welcome back, class," said Hackney. I guess you all are cured of whatever that nasty bug was.
"Yes, Mrs. Hackney and boy are we glad to have it gone," said Bon-Bon.
"I can't say that I blame you, Bon-Bon," said Hackney. Now that you are all back, I want to say that I missed you all. Teaching just isn't the same without students to teach.
"That's true, Mrs. Hackney, that's true," said Bright Eyes.
"I'm glad you think so, Bright Eyes," said Hackney. Yes it's certainly good to have them back.
Lost N' Found on the Ground
At school…
"Today's lesson deals with division," said Hackney. When you divide two numbers, you place the two numbers either one above the other like a fraction or like this, where the smaller number, called the divisor is on the outside and the bigger number is on the inside of this odd shape called a bracket.
"Mrs. Hackney, can you turn on the air conditioning?" asked Bon-Bon. The room is starting to get a little hot.
"Unfortunately, our air conditioning isn't working right now, due to the intense heat but I can open the windows," said Hackney.
"Okay," said Bon-Bon, slightly depressed. Mrs. Hackney opens the windows.
"Well, I agree, it is quite warm in here," said Hackney. Now, back to our lesson. To solve a division problem with the bracket, you take the divisor and divide it into the number inside the bracket. Let's say you have 100 divided by 10. You would take the 10 and see if it can go into 100 a certain amount of times and in this case, it can a total of ten times, so the answer is 10, which you write above the bracket above the zeros since 10 does not go into 1. Of course, the fewer numbers in the divisor, the longer the problem because that one number must be divided into each of the numbers in the bracket. For example, if you had 333 divided by 3. The 3 can go into each 3 inside the divisor, leaving a remainder of 1 each time. The result is 111. Outside…
"Whew, this weather certainly is hot," said Tidwell. I probably should do my job as slowly as possible to avoid overdoing it. I'll go sit in the shade for now. He collapses. Patch looks out the window.
"Patch, please turn around," said Hackney.
"Yes, Mrs. Hackney," said Patch.
"While I write up a few problems, I want you all to take out a sheet of paper and try them," said Hackney. I'll go over them shortly. Everyone starts the problems. Patch again looks out the window.
"What's wrong, Patch?" whispered Bon-Bon.
"Something doesn't seem right with Mr. Tidwell," whispered Patch.
"What?" whispered Melody.
"I'm not sure, Melody," whispered Patch.
"He's probably resting, it is a very warm day and he doesn't always have things to do," whispered Bright Eyes.
"I hope you're right," whispered Patch. Everyone continues working when Patch stops again and raises her hoof.
"Yes, Patch?" asked Hackney.
"I think something's wrong with Mr. Tidwell," said Patch. Mrs. Hackney looks out the window and is amazed.
"Oh my, I think you're right, Patch," said Hackney. Everyone stop what you're doing and come outside! Everyone races outside.
"Mr. Tidwell, Mr. Tidwell, are you okay?" asked Bright Eyes, partially shaking him. Tidwell doesn't move.
"I fear he may be suffering from heat stroke, a fatal condition in which the body's temperature rises due to not being able to remove the heat," said Hackney. We must take him for medical attention now! They rush to the hospital. At the hospital…
"Well, you were lucky you got him here when you did or things might not have turned out the way they did," said Dan.
"How is he?" asked Sweetheart.
"Well, he's currently in stable condition," said Dan.
"What's that mean?" asked Patch.
"It means that he will likely survive," said Dan.
"That's really truly great news!" said Sweetheart. Mr. Tidwell awakens.
"What…..where am I?" asked Tidwell.
"You're in the hospital, the ponies have saved your life," said Dan.
"Well, I'm very grateful for you all," said Tidwell. I owe you all my sincerest gratitude.
"The only thanks you can give us is that you survived," said Melody.
"That's good enough for me, Melody," said Tidwell.
"We're glad to hear that, Mr. Tidwell," said Hackney.
"These kids saved my life, I don't know what I would've done without them," thought Tidwell.
