Over his career as an amateur magician, Zebediah the Zebra has traveled to a lot of places, seen a lot of sights, and interacted with a Rogues gallery of creatures. He's got a lot of crazy stories about his exploits, and he'll offer most of them without being asked.

His best story, however, is one he doesn't tell very often. To hear it, you have to catch him in the late evening hours, when he's sitting off by himself and sipping on a mug of cold apple cider. It involves his very first trip to Equestria, when he ran afoul of an overzealous bureaucrat and spent a harrowing three days in the Trottingham jail.

This is his story.

Written for the Outside Insight EQD Summer Fanfic Contest. Partially inspired by Tom T. Hall's "A Week In A Country Jail."