Dream Valley was buzzing with excitement. Bubbles had just given birth to twins; Big Top and Toppy. Not only was it an unusual event to bare twins, but one of the babies was a boy. A baby boy had not been born to any pony in Dream Valley in over twenty years and not one boy was left in Dream Valley.

Bubbles and the twins were curled up together on a blanket out in the sun so everyone could see the new babies. Baby Glory stood at her mother's side and watched the baby ponies with bewilderment.

"Mama?" asked Baby Glory. She looked up at her mom. "Where do baby ponies come from?"

Glory frantically tried to come up with an answer that would be appropriate for a pony her daughter's age.

"Well... um, when a mommy pony and a daddy pony love each other very much they... uh..." Glory searched for the right words.

"You don't know, do you?" asked Baby Glory.

"I'm sorry baby," Glory laughed. "I guess I don't."

"Mama?" asked Baby Glory. "Where are all of the daddy ponies? How come I've never seen one?"

The ponies standing around the two of them turned to hear Glory's answer. This question had never been asked before. It was not a subject that the mother ponies wanted to tell their children about. The truth might have frightened them; the truth scared the elder ponies enough as it was...