This is beautiful. Just simply beautiful. You've captured something fragile and delicate here, and I enjoy absorbing it very, very much. I've only read part one, and I already felt I had to comment, which should be a compliment in and of itself. Judging from your writing, I'll probably comment on part two as well.

...and I was right. Thank you so much, dear writer, for encapsulating this bundle of feeling and presenting it to us. Now, for some reason, I'm really looking forward to summer...

Awh, summer's ending here.

Oh well, great story!

Yes, beautiful... Those lazy summer days under my favorite tree, watching the clouds flow and shift.

There were a lot more clouds back then... It was a very long time ago.

But, reading this I was sent back to a happier, more care-free time in my life. For a few brief moments - I remembered.

And thank you for that.

This is so cute.

Poor Sweetie Belle. So much dumb fabric.

'Greensward' is a fun word. Greensward greensward greensward.

Absolutely perfect slice-of-life story; caught that go-nowhere do-anything summertime feel perfectly.

D'awwwwwww. So cute

Scootaloo is officially Precious. Forever. Go home, everypony, she won.

And now I want summer back, to go back and be a child.

God, I regret being a shut-in as a child now. I really, really do.

Beautiful story. :D Loved it!

Summer is a Unicorn Conspiracy to sell more ice cream!

I need to buy some ben & jerry's.

And still, tangentially, Conversion bureau continuity.

Lots of d'awws were had.

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Almost as much fun as "thwart."

Still got the magic touch, Chat.

A beautiful, lyrical painting of summer as a child. I read this slowly, savoring every perfect word!   Thank you for sharing great writing, and for bringing me back to those days of summer!

This deserves so much more attention then it’s received so far.  A wonderfully hart warming short, capturing the essence of a childhood summer.  

I’ve always wondered how you write children so well Chatty, you seem to be able to express their thoughts and view of the world in such a empathic manner.

I hope you write more like this in the future, it really brightened my day

I can't click the upvote button enough times!

Also, I'm downloading this and making a reminder on my calendar to re-read it in August sometime.

I'm gonna buy a box of ice cream cones in another week or two, it's warm enough it might as well be summer

This is adorable, and magnificent. MAGNIFICENT I TELL YOU! MAGNIFICENT! MAGNIFICENT! HAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHA!

*pony in a white suit with a large needle bursts through the door*

No! I don't want nappy time! *smash*

Y'know, I love how the CMC see ice cream as, like, friggin icy, cold, refreshing, sweet, tasty Jesus. 'Cause I do too.

I realized that I was smiling the whole time I was reading this, because of how child-like the narration is. It's adorable and funny, and 100% from the eyes of a child.

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I still feel this way about ice cream, especially in summer. So this was all pretty much written from the heart.

>>Chatoyance  must be one fondly reminiscent heart

I had ice cream today. It reminded me of your story and how much I liked reading it. This story was very sweet.

At first I was sceptical, but at the end you convinced me.

This story was amazing!

Now I want ice cream though...

I never did get around to this when it was first posted... and now it's the dead of winter here in New York.  24 degrees outside on the first of February, and I want to trot down and go get a hot fudge sundae or something.

This has absolutely brightened my day, after the bad week I've had.

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Hearing that made my day, Noble Cause. Thank you.

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Made good on my promise, and I have the fudge-coated spoon to prove it!

This is one of those stories that, I believe, will always put a smile on my muzzle.  And I have you to thank for it.

Maybe they wanted to, but the couldn't.

they

muzzle was flat to the ground. grass stems rose on either

Capital G

there would be Sweetie and Apple, and Cheerilee

Her name, unlike Sweetie Belle's, is just too awfully strange to be summed up to just "Apple". This is more "my opinion" than a valid point, though.

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FIXED. Thank you for the editing help!

>>21435762143576 No prob!

"Silk has to breath, little sister, it simply MUST!" She always went on about stuff like that. "If silk doesn't get a chance to breath, why,

Breath is a noun, not a verb. "Breathe" is the word you're looking for.

DIRT with spending the day in here with the Creme de la Creme of fabrics?"

Be consistent. Either use italics or CAPITAL LETTERS. Not both.

"SIS!!!! Please! I wanna go play before the sun goes down!

One is more than enough. Two, if you're feeling rather shout-ative, but that's already stretching it. The descriptive language of your story should make up for the lone exclamation mark.

have some fun, alrighty?" Rarity opened the door

Alrighty. Rarity. Really? Why is Pinkie Pie using a Rarity costume? I mean--even when Rarity is feeling rather jubilant, she doesn't shift too much from her usual self (coincidentally, one of my favorite aspects of her; her personality is consistent with who she is, and not a fake one).

Oh boy, I'm really enjoying these. Honest!

(Even though I'm not a fan of summer... 35ºC at six in the morning ruins your day life)

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FIXED!

I swear I went through two editing passes with these stories, one reading them out loud to one of my spouses. I can't believe the obvious errors. Oh my!

Thank you again for catching them.