//------------------------------// // In the Garden // Story: Short Stories with Pregnant Ponies // by Kassaz //------------------------------// Applejack and Rainbow Dash were nose-to-nose, glaring at each other as they argued. “Ya ain’t never grown nothin’, Rainbow! That’s one thing I got over ya!” “Have too!” “What have you ever grown? Yer house ain’t got any soil, on account of it being so high up in the sky!” Rainbow Dash pulled her nose back, and smirked as she turned and gestured with her head towards her midsection, swollen with life. Applejack gave her that look. “Havin’ a foal don’t count, and you know it, Rainbow!” “A foal is a kind of fruit. A womb is a kind of garden.” “Now I’d expect this kind of fancy-shmancy word games from Twilight, but not you, Rainbow!” “Besides, having a foal is something I’ve got over you, then.” Rainbow Dash stuck her tongue out and, after some effort, flew away. Applejack wanted the last word. “This ain’t over you swollen feather-fer-brains!”