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// Hosed Down 
// Story: Life is Fun When You're Crazy 
// by Comrade Bagel Muffin 
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Crazy walked with his head down and ears flopped back. As he and Winged Shield walked back to the barracks. He knew he had messed up somewhere. Sure he had made a bunch of apple sauce for the Apple Family and had made it quick, but the explosives weren't as weak as he had originally thought. He had almost blown the barn to bits. Winged Shield, was furious, and Crazy knew that furious meant that he was in trouble. Crazy didn't know what went wrong though, sadly being honest he never truly knew what was going on. And while going with the flow was fun sometimes other times it sucked bad.
"What were you thinking?" Winged Shield demanded as the two of them arrived at the barracks.
"I was thinking that if I put a bomb in the middle of the apple pile it would make them all saucy and then the other four bombs would keep all of the apple sauce in the pile. I was just trying to help."
"Help you nearly destroyed their barn! How did you even get those bombs I thought we took them all from you!" Crazy cringed. "Do you know how many bushels you're little stunt cost."
"Apples come from trees, and I didn't know. I'm not a bad pony."
"Crud." Shield sighed. "I don't think you are a bad pony psychotic, maybe, crazy definitely, but not bad."
"But you were yelling at me, and guards yell at bad ponies and I'm not a bad pony."
"Crazy the world isn't black and white."
"I know that the world is in color now."
"The world's never been in black and white, Crazy."
"Yes it was, and there was always a piano playing. And no pony could talk so everypony had to write down what they were saying on cards, and if you couldn't read you'd never know what anypony was saying."
"I, never mind. Just don't blow anything up again."
"So, I'm not in trouble."
"Oh you're in trouble. Now sit in front of the wall over there."
"Why?"
"Because your punishment is washing off that apple bits off of you."
"Baths aren't punishments. I love baths with the bubbles and the duckies and the little boats. And the sallow water death charges. And the splashing."
"I didn't say bath." Winged smiled as he turned the pressure nozzle on the hose to low so it wouldn't hurt. "Now stand still."


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"AH the garden hose is bad!" Crazy ran into the barracks soaking wet. Running past Loyal Heart and Duty Bound.
"Well I guess that I probably shouldn't ask how the last day of community service went." Duty Bound walked to the couch as Winged Shield flew in with the hose pursuing the fleeing colt.