//------------------------------// // Ms. Cheerilee, the Homework Tyrant // Story: The Onion: Equestrian Bureau // by The Read Later List //------------------------------// Ms. Cheerilee, the Homework Tyrant Ponyville, Equestria- Today, the little colts and fillies of Ms. Cheerilee's classroom moaned and groaned as they were given homework to do using simple necessities like paper and pencils, that were probably made in a sweat shop by chinese children of the same age. "I hate homework," said Applebloom upon receiving the small assignment that would take no more than ten minutes. "Why do we have to waste such a beautiful day outside doing useless math problems. My life sucks!" We tracked down the factory in which the school supplies were most likely manufactured, deep inside the bowels of the Ponies' Republic of China. There we found a half-starved filly named Silver Dust, willing to give us an interview. "I not have much time," the filly started. "If foreman see me talking, I will be beaten for hour. Oh no... I have to go. Please, leave here before they.. AHH! Please help me! I sorry Mr. Whip! No, I promise I be good! No!" The filly was unable to comment further as she was too busy working overtime to fill her 4000 pencil quota for the day. "Well, I guess the homework wasn't all bad," said a young Pegasus named Scootaloo. "I'm just thankful that it's over; and tomorrow I hear we're having a party to celebrate Saint Leaf's Day." As the colts and fillies of Ms. Cheerilee's class slept soundly that night, having been worked tired by the palpable amount of homework they had done the day before, Silver Dust worked more overtime, filling out an over night order of four-leaf clover plates and generic party supplies.