2012
Twilight Sparkle: "Elements of Harmony, see 'Mare in the Moon'"?
Spike: But that's just an old ponies' tale.

Me: Shouldn't that be old mare's tale?
(thinking it was a joke on old wives' tale)

2015
Three years later, having re-watched that episode at least three times since then...

I was on my way to the bus stop and stopped dead in my tracks.

Old Pony's... tail. Oh.

...and then I moved on with my life, but there forever would be a hole in my heart.

So there I was reading for my Japanese Culture class. I came upon this story about a sun goddess crying in a cave who only left upon being tricked out by people having a party outside of it. I swear it sounded like a pony story I've read.

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