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Daring Do may have bitten off more than she can chew with her latest expedition partner. She seems determined to one-up Daring by using her knowledge of rocks, ignore her every instruction and not to speak a word more than necessary.

However, Daring may discover that there's far more to Maud Pie's single track mind than meets the eye... and that there's no such thing as 'just a rock farmer'.

Written for the Equestria Daily Writer's Training Grounds #012: "Maud Pie"

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Comments ( 9 )

Mustache for you:moustache:.

Well hot damn...

There was an odd glitch on the main page. It claimed that this story had zero of everything: words, views, etc...

Nice.

What a coincidence. I was just thinking about how awesome it would be for Daring and Maud to team up on an adventure. Great minds do indeed think alike. :ajsmug:

It's a nice story with several chuckle-inducing moments and a good exploration of Maud's character. However, I think you made Daring a bit too incompetent here. Sure, some traps do get the drop on her, and to be honest, most of her mistakes were believable. But I dunno, I think Dare would've done at least some research on an artifact before trying to obtain it. There's no reason she wouldn't have known that the idol was made of sun quartz. I understand why you wrote it that way, because you wanted to highlight Maud's expertise. Nevertheless, I think you flew too close to the sun with that one (no pun intended).

That's my only real contention with this story, and while I feel it's a pretty big one, I still enjoyed it. Nicely done. :pinkiesmile:

Maud is awesome!

Well, that was an amusing tale. I especially liked the 'Ode to a Golem.' Its language and structure is simple, but powerful in its straightforwardness. Well done!

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