//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: A-pulls // Story: T, the Tiniest Troll // by Piquo Pie //------------------------------// Deer Prince S Celestia, Big Boss Pony, Twilight Sparkle told me to write to you now that I am her friend and have been so for a full five nights. I do not know you, so I will say hi, hi, and was told to bow so I bowed but you are not here so I do not know how you can see me. It must be poky pony magic. Rain-bow maned blue joke colored pony said you should have your sister read you this letter out loud, and wishes you both a happy April Foals Day. Twilight also said read this as if you were reading this out loud is the easiest way to read this because I am still learning how to write right. I am writing to you. I know I am not good at writing but purple poky pony told me it was okay be-cause I was new to writing. She also said I had a completely ill-logical learning curve but I should get better with time. I decided to write be-fore I got better at writing be-cause by the time I learned to write well, which might be always and never, I might forget what happened be-cause trolls are not as good at remembering as pony. Purple pokey pony offered to write for me but I said if I am writing to you, than I would have to be the one writing. Other-wise it would be purple pokey pony writing to you and she would have different things to say. Then she punched the desk with her head. She must really being trying to be-come biggest tough pony in trees be-cause she does that a lot. But she is only pony who lives in tree so I am confused. May-be she want your job as big tough pony in all the trees. He he he. I will now tell you about day I met first pony be-fore I forget. The day I met first pony was a sunny morning. The birds were chirping, giving me my-grain. The sun was shining brightly, stinging my eyes. A gloom-me day in-deed in the Ever Free where my village has lived for longer than zebra or donkey or even pony. But not as long as dragon or star bear, or bird. It was so gloomy that the other, bigger, meaner trolls all told me to go and find food be-cause they wanted to play big troll games. I was not a big troll so I listened to big troll and I went to find food while they stayed in cave. First I went to rain-bow trees. I knew they were rain-bow trees be-cause big trolls said they were rain-bow trees. But I had never seen rain-bows in rain-bow trees so I think big trolls play big trick on tiny T be-cause T is a tiny troll and easy to trick. With-out rain-bow fruit I went looking for mush-rooms. I found some and put them in my sack which I brought with me from village. It was not a very good sack but it was big be-cause I was small and had to bring back more food. Pink pony says that is weird but I say it is troll way. She said 'oh, okey dokie then'. When I get job I will get a better even bigger sack so I can help pony friends. But do not tell them be-cause I want it to be a word that begins with a 's' and ends with 'urprise'. I can not say the word be-cause pink demon pony some-times appears and yells it and then she would ask quest-shins. I would have to tell the truth be-cause I prom-missed I try and be big friend to pony-ville so I can stay and one of my friend-ships is honesty. Purple pokey sparkle pony says I should mention I speak while I write, so last sentence makes since. So with my sack I went to the river. One time when I was an even smaller troll I fell in and a big wave pushed many fish on-to the shore. My village was very happy at all the fish I caught. They even gave me extra punches and did not make fun of me for a whole day. It is very rare that that the whole village did not make fun of me. It was also rare for any troll to get extra punches from every village troll. I think giving every troll two fish was some-thing that was very special and it made me happy. But I have to be care-full when fishing be-cause troll are made like stone and can sink which makes breath-thing hard. So I would jump in the shape of a ball in shallow areas. But now I jump in where ever I want be-cause I made a deal with a fancy purple water lizard. I give him fruit and shiny rocks. He saves me. I still have to make sure he knows I am jumping though. Some-times I give him some of the fish if I can not find him any fruit. He normally eats fish so I feel bad that he does not get fair trade. But he says it is easy way to catch fish so he does not mind. After I caught fish I asked big purple serpent to put me on other side of river. He did and I was very nerve-us be-cause I had never been there be-fore and I do not know if there were other, non blue troll that would try and hurt T. But not even big troll know what is on other side of river, be-cause they can-not cross deep water. I walked for a long time, leaving a trail of notches in tree so I could find my way back. That is old troll village secret for traveling in tree so please do not tell any-troll. After two ten whole minutes I found the end of trees. Purple pony just asked what I meant by two ten whole minutes. I told her and she says I should tell you, so now I am. Troll count on fingers and toes. Trolls have three fingers on each hand and two toes on each foot. This means we count to ten if we are smart troll. I counted to ten twice be-cause T is smart for tiny troll. So after two ten whole minutes I found the end of trees. There was a very small mound made of wood next to small water with a ground over the top. There were many foods: rabbits, birds, squirrel, even pony. But pony was in mound of wood. Purple poky pony— Purple poky pony reminded T her name was Twilight. Rainbow blue pony says I should keep using purple poky pony but T will respect friend's wishes. Twilight says mound of wood was called a cot-age and was a type of house. Butter pony was in her cot-age but orange pony was leaving. I saw she was following a trail so I went ahead of trail and waited behind tree be-cause I am T the tiniest troll and can hide behind large trees. When pony walked by I grabbed her by the hind leg and held her up so she could not get away. She yelled and kicked T, but T is a troll and made of stone so T did not care. I had never seen pony be-fore and did not know pony could talk. I told pony I was sorry but I need-dead to bring back food for village or they would not punch me anymore and hurt my feeling. She calmed down at this which was good be-cause I did not want to hurt pony. I only wanted to eat her and it would make me sad if she suffered. I began to walk to the village holding pony in my hand. She did not struggle but soon we began to talk. She asked why I would not be punched if I did not bring back food, or why T wanted to be punched, may-be both. Any-way I said punching is how troll show respect. No food means no respect means no punches. The harder the punch and the more punches the more respect all trolls have for T. It also makes troll strong as stone. She asked what troll eat be-sides pony. I said we eat many food; any meat and mush-room, some-times fruit and berries. If we are lucky we even eat rain-bow fruit, but I had never been lucky. She then said she would trade some rain-bow fruit and a lot of normal fruit if I let her go. I was not sure. She seemed honest but so do big troll that trick T. Orange pony said her name was A-pull Jack. And she farmed a-pulls. I did not know what farmed was and I was curious. I thought may-be I could make a deal with pony like I made a deal with water lizard. I decided to give her a chance be-cause resistance was futile. We went farther down the trail and I saw many trees that looked like rain-bow trees. There were many other trees that had small round fruit that A-pull Jack said were not ripe. She told me to call out for her brother who would bring the a-pulls. I did not want to do this be-cause brother could bring more ponies which could may-be hurt T as T was a tiny troll and not a big troll. I had to be smart and said "No." She would have to tell me how to get to a-pulls. She did not want to tell me be-cause she said she did not want me to come back and take her a-pulls be-cause she and her family had to eat a-pulls to live. That seemed to make sense so I promised I would only trade for a-pulls or find some on my own. A-pull Jack told me that meant I could not take any a-pulls on the farm, even from the trees. I agreed if she showed me where her farm ended. A-pull Jack showed me many a-pulls. I tried a a-pull and found it was very good. The best sweat food I had ever had. So I filled my bag with a pulls and put A-pull Jack down. I asked if she would be willing to give me a-pulls in future if I gave her some-thing from trees. She said, "Well, when life gives you lemons, trade them for a-pulls." I asked what that meant and she said I might work. That means she would give me a-pulls if I helped her farm, never hurt any-pony on purpose, and worked hard. I said I was a hard working troll who gathered most food for village be-cause T is the tiniest troll and had to bring back the most food or T would not eat. I also said I did not know how to farm but she said it did not matter. I said I would be back but it might be a while be-cause I do not like the sun be-cause it hurt my eyes. She said there was always work and to show up the next time I wanted a-pulls. She also gave me a clear stone jar of rain-bow a-pull jam. She said her family takes rain-bow a-pulls and does stuff and then the a-pulls do not go bad. A-pull Jack also says they call the rain-bow a-pulls zap-a-pulls. I left very happy be-cause I had a bag full of mush-rooms, fish, and a-pulls. It was a lot of food for my village, not enough for whole village but I was sure other trolls would get food as well when birds stop chirping. I was right, and for second time the whole village punched T very hard and did not make fun of T for two whole days. This was the second time that I was very happy. Your faith-full troll- T, the tiniest troll. Post-script I will stop writing tonight be-cause I am tired after writing all day and Twilight is going to bed so I should go back to the barn. Good bye Prince S have a good sleep.