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// How much for that toaster in the window? 
// Story: The Singing Toaster 
// by Flames173 
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	"Hurry up please ma'am, the store is closing in three minutes." The counter mare at the superstore said, lazily chewing gum and reading a magazine, obviously not caring about the wonderbolt wannabee, or her job.
"I'll get out of here as soon as I can pick a toaster. Would you recommend a toastmax or supertoast?" Rainbow Dash said, inspecting both toasters closely for any fatal flaws.
"The third one." The green mare continued her caring of nothing besides the soon to be daily closing of the store.
Rainbow huffed lightly at the ignorance of the mare. She looked around for a price tag and figured she'd take the cheaper of the two. After looking for a few seconds, she saw a huge red tag on the toaster above. It was practically screaming at her to look, so Rainbow decided to read it.


HUGE SALE! 80% OFF ALL TOASTONE TOASTERS!


"Ooh. That's a rather large sale." Rainbow did some quick math in her head. The total for the Toastone was roughly one quarter the price of both the toasters she was looking at previously. The cyan mare swiftly took the toaster off it's shelf and gently set it in her cart. She pushed the cart over to the check out lane. She set her groceries and other goods on the counter. The mare on the other side set down her magazine and blew a bubble with her gum. It popped with a loud smack. She sighed and did her job, for once. While she was busy scanning the items, Rainbow plopped down a pile of bits and started counting them. She looked at the grand total price and put a few more in the pile. She swept the rest back into her purse.
"All right, thank you for shopping and good'n'mart. Have a good day yadda yadda goodbye!" The mare behind the counter said with a lack of enthusiasm besides the last word. "Lock the door on your way out."
Rainbow took her stuff and threw it in her purse. It's a big purse. She went over to the door and bumped the lock button as she left. I probably did more work in the last twenty seconds than she did all day. The pegasus laughed to herself as she took off to go home.





Rainbow took out her purchased goods and put them in their respective homes. Milk in the fridge, ice cream in the freezer, crackers in the cabinet, toaster on the counter, and so on. When she was done, she took a piece of bread from the loaf and popped it in the toaster. She pushed the little handle down to start toasting the bread. She set the dial to four and walked away. A while later, she heard some pony saying something in a perfectly flowing rhythm with alternating pitches.
"Your toast is done! Your toast is done! Come and get your toast 'cuz it is donnnnne!~" the voice sang.
"Hello?" Rainbow asked her thought to be empty house. She looked around and dared to leave her couch. She went into her kitchen where it sounded like the voice came from. No sign of another pony. Just a toaster with steaming hot toast sticking out of it. Rainbow cautiously grabbed a plate and set her toast on it. She turned around to go back into her living room.
"Want some more? Do you like toast? Toast is good, toast is great, toast toast toast all day long!~" The same voice sang.
Rainbow turned around quickly in a panic and looked around. Still, no sign of any other pony.
"I like toast. What about you? Do you like toast? Good good good. Toast is good.~"
Rainbow eyed her new toaster suspiciously. She looked around one more time for another pony then back at her toaster. "Yes. I do like toast." she instantly felt silly. She was talking to a toaster!"
"Hoorah! You like toast. I like toast. We all like the toast. With a toast toast here and a toast toast there, everywhere a toast toast.~"