Applejack is known around Ponyville for being one of the most hard-working ponies in Equestria. Unfortunately, that sometimes means getting only a sparse couple hours of sleep at best or pulling all-nighters at worst. Her motto is, "Don't sleep until you succeed."
Rarity is a hard worker too. She works night and day on orders for clients and new designs, trying her best to make sure each and every detail is perfect. However, she knows that proper rest is essential to doing well in all aspects of life.
So when a pony who works until her body can't take it and a pony who works until she feels tired meet up with each other, it'll be a lesson for one...and it'll be a lesson she will never forget.
Inspiration taken from this Wild Kratts fanfic I read many years ago. Not intended to be Rarijack shipping, just friendship fluff.
Cover art is from battisipink.
Featured on 7/10/22.
Finally found another Wild Kratts fan in the wild
no clue what this is referencing, but it was very nice
That reference alone makes this a Favorite, but your writing sealed the deal! This was a very touching and endearing tale of true friendship, and I am happy to include it in all my Groups.
It’s so beautiful it managed to bring me back from my hiatus
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"Whose woods these are, I think I know." Its a poem from Robert Frost, titled "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening."
The story itself is actually very dark, as the person trying to get home by horse is caught in a blizzard and dies before he makes it. Very sad, I remember having to sing this in choir this past year.
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I knew that the poem symbolized death, but I've been reading it for over forty years and I've never heard the interpretation that the speaker DIED as a result of being caught in a blizzard. What teacher told you that morbid conclusion?
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My University choir teacher.
He's trying to make it home as the snow storm is happening. He obviously wants to sleep seeing how tired he is. But he knows he must press on. Unfortunately, he freezes to death before he even makes it.
The story itself is morbid but very powerful in its message.
Edit: Since he told us that interpretation, I've always crossed reference the story to that of "The Erl-king."
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Hmm. Well, as I said, I have read Frost's poems for over forty years, and that's the first time I've heard that. Sounds like your choir teacher was putting their own dark spin on the poem, for in all of Frost's writings he's never mentioned the protagonist dying.
But...all this is a discussion for another platform, and not in the middle of this author's comment section.