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// The Very Ugly Cockatrice 
// Story: Unfortunate Things Happen To Unfortunate Animals In Equestria 
// by Super Trampoline 
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	Once upon a time there was a very ugly cockatrice. She didn't know that she was ugly though, because she was blind. Unlike most cockatrices though, she actually had friends, because unlike most cockatrices, she didn't turn her friends to stone every time she got angry, because she was blind. So did have a few friends, maybe about five, including a frog, a sparrow, and a kelpie. You will have to use your imagination to decide what the other two or so animals were. Anyway, they were really kind and supportive, always telling her that even though she was really, really, ugly, it didn't matter because it's what's on the inside that counts, even though everyone knows that's kind of a lie, because multiple studies have shown that more attractive individuals achieve more in life, but hey, sometimes you lie to protect people. Wasn't that episode with AJ and Granny Smith and the Flim Flam brothers and Silver Shill about that?

Anyway, eventually the cockatrice, whose name was Cockatrisha, raised the funds to get eye surgery for her cataracts. And the operation was successful, which everyone figured out because she accidentally turned the receptionist into stone when she saw the hospital bill. Anyway, she finally could see the world, so she could finally look at herself, if only she had an opportunity to do so. She got a chance to look at herself when she wandered into Silver Shill's Mirrors and Knickknacks emporium. But she was furious when she saw her reflection. Her friends had told the truth. She really was really, really ugly! This filled her with such fury, and she stared at that mirror with such angry passion, that she turned herself to stone.

The end.