"Hey, Fluttershy, I'm here to pick up Tank's food. Whoa, that's a big snake!" Rainbow Dash said, impressed. In a large glass tank, there was a huge snake.
"Oh, hi, Rainbow! Yeah, he's a viper. One whole meter long. Sorry, but Tank's food will have to wait just a moment while I make this big guy sneeze. Poor thing got a piece of glitter stuck in his nostril after Pinkie Pie threw him a party, and it has to come out," Fluttershy said.
"Ooh, I don't think I've seen a snake sneeze before! How do you do it?" Rainbow asked curiously.
"Well, I mix some water with black pepper and just trickle it down the side of his tank, like so," Fluttershy said as she grabbed an eye dropper. She gently lifted the lid of the tank and squeezed a few drops out against the glass, where the peppery water ran down the side, leaving a streak of small black specks in its wake. "Now the smell should entice him to come over and lick it, making him sneeze out the piece of glitter!"
The snake turned its head and flicked out its tongue, tasting the air. It slithered over to the edge of the tank.
"Oh! He's going for it," Rainbow said, suddenly very excited.
Both ponies leaned forward in anticipation. And then...
The meter viper licked a speck of trickled pepper.