From Where the Belly Tolls (Part 3)

[Earlier in Pudgyville...]

"Now students, please hand in your written papers on the future of your weight gaining. School Belle will come around to collect them from you and hand them to me," requested Ms. Sheila. *School Belle waddles around the classroom to wait for the papers to come forward.*

"She is loud," remarked Mocha.

"Oops! My belly is acting up again. Deeply sorry about that. I don't know your names, either. Perhaps I can get acquainted?"

"I'm Jasmine's admirer Bob," admitted Bob.

"Since I was already mentioned, I'm Jasmine," commented Jasmine.

"She's Floaty Spin and I'm Pop Drops," confirmed Pop Drops.

"Well that's great to hear. I can't wait to see what's next," remarked School Belle.

"We'll visit the Fitness Center and don't you worry School Belle. My students never lose an ounce. It's mostly for class participation grades," assured Ms. Sheila.

"How exactly do you do that?" asked School Belle.

"My Weight Paralyzing Necklaces," replied Ms. Sheila.

"Sounds nifty. Can't wait to see them work," remarked School Belle.

"Just pick equipment and let the flab work," requested Ms. Sheila.

"Some of your students are rivaling my own size," noted School Belle.

"Mocha's my biggest student. She's in white with red and gold hair. Truffle is a close second in brown with black hair. Most of the others are pretty far below that, myself included," explained Ms. Sheila.

"Are they always so willing to expose themselves this way?" asked School Belle.

"Indeed. It's kind of in the town's philosophy and a bit of an homage to a heroic pony's good deed years ago," answered Ms. Sheila.

"No wonder you all love this town so much. Everyone gets along," concluded School Belle.

"Not everyone. We've had some incidents where things were not-so-friendly," corrected Ms. Sheila.

"I won't even ask about those then," assured School Belle.

"Time's up, everyone. Hand in your necklaces and we'll start math before lunch," announced Ms. Sheila. *Back in the classroom...*

"How does math fit into your town's ideology?" questioned School Belle.

"I'll show you. Who would like to be first?" began Ms. Sheila.

"I would," answered Mocha.

"Be my guest," agreed Ms. Sheila before Mocha came to the front.

"She is quite the hefty pony indeed," concluded School Belle.

"If Mocha's diet is made of 1 cake a day and each cake is 2000 calories, how many calories will she consume in 2 weeks?" asked Ms. Sheila. *Jasmine raises her hoof.*

"28,000 calories," answered Jasmine.

"Would you explain where that number came from?" requested Ms. Sheila.

"It's multiplication. 2000 x 14 (7 times 2) is 28,000," replied Jasmine.

"Very good, Jasmine. Let's break for lunch," responded Ms. Sheila.

"What's for lunch?" asked School Belle.

"Plenty of tasty treats, or their own lunch if they choose," assured Ms. Sheila.

"Ms. Sheila seems to have it all here," thought School Belle.