Pony P.O.V.
The shining red apples fell into the wooden buckets. Pleased with her work, Applejack placed one hoof in front of the other in a cross, smiling. O'Chunks, watching, clapped one beefy hand on Applejack's back. "Now 'dose're some strong back legs!" he chortled.
Applejack's legs buckled and she fell to the ground. "Eh, sorry," said O'Chunks gruffly, yanking Applejack up by the tail and setting her right on her hooves. "Can I try meh hands at apple-buckin', now?"
"Sure, partner!"
A few minutes later, O'Chunks had found a good sturdy tree, filled with apples. "Ahkay, now ya carefully - " began Applejack.
WHACK! SLAP! SLAM! BAM!
"Wha... whaddaya think your doin'?" exclaimed Applejack, pulling O'Chunks away hastily. The apple tree had gouges and deep scratches in its bark, and the lower branches were bent at odd angles. And yet, no apples had fallen down. A few leaves had been shaken loose, however, and lay scattered all over the ground.
"Er, apple-buckin'?" said O'Chunks, scratching his head in confusion.
"Ya gotta buck the tree, not try ta gouge it ta death!" exclaimed Applejack exasperatedly.
"OH!" said O'Chunks.
Applejack sighed. O'Chunks had muscles, no doubt, and yet even the simplest math sum took him a good few hours to figure out. Applejack remembered Mimi warning her about how it had taken O'Chunks half a day to figure out 6+6.
Minion P.O.V.
Meanwhile, Mimi and Rarity were at Carousel Boutique. Rarity was sewing Mimi a new dress, while humming "Art of the Dress". Mimi was watching her work, eyes wide, as Opal tried to claw out of Mimi's vice-like grip.
Suddenly, Rarity began singing out loud:
"Thread by thread, stitching it together.
Mimi's dress, cutting out the pattern snip by snip.
Making sure the fabric folds nicely,
It's the perfect colour and so hip,
Always got to keep in mind my pacing
Making sure the cloth's correctly facing
I'm stitching Mimi's dress."
Mimi started singing along with her:
"Yard by yard, fussing all the details.
Jewel hairband. Don't you know a stitch in time saves nine?
Make me something perfect to inspire,
Because I just love formal attire.
Gotta mind those intimate details,
Don't care about the sales.
It is my new dress."
Then, they started singing together:
"Dress making's easy,
For the frills gotta be something light.
Make sure it's partly breezy,
Blend color and form, do you think it looks cheesy?"
Rarity then started singing:
"Something nice, perhaps quite graceful.
Heart necklace, couldn't you just simply DIE!
Making sure it fits forelock and crest,
Don't forget the magic in the dress.
Even though it is quite long,
Mimi won't have to wear thongs,
I'm stitching Mimi's dress."
And then together:
"Piece by piece, snip by snip,
Croup, dock, haunch, shoulders, hip.
Thread by thread, primmed and pressed,
Yard by yard, never stress.
And that's the art of the dress!"