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// Unfortunate Applejack: Market Day 
// Story: Sensational Serials: Silly, Short Stories for Silly, Short Ponies 
// by PhycoKrusk 
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	It was an absolutely perfect, sunny day in Ponyville. Perfect for selling apples, that is, and selling apples is exactly what Applejack aimed to do. With practiced precision, she finished making a neat stack of shiny, red delicious apples on the counter of her stand in the Ponyville market.

From above, a bird pooped on the topmost one.

With a huff of irritation, Applejack removed the sullied apple from the stack — she’d wash it later — and replaced it with a fresh one, and gave her stack of apples a happy nod.

From above, a bird pooped on the topmost one.

With an annoyed growl, Applejack removed the sullied apple from the stack — she checked above; no more birds — and replaced it — she checked above again; still no birds — replaced it with a fresh one, and gave — she checked above one more time; still no birds — and gave her stack of apples a happy nod.

From above, her sign fell and beaned her right on the head.