Running across Equestria, a vast network of pipes transfers soup from the mines out West to hungry ponies on the East Coast. Few ponies sitting down to a bowl of fresh cazuela ever think about the soup pipeline.
Golden Harvest takes Noi to the park to burn off some extra energy. After a dip in a puddle, and a rousing game of Settlers and Buffalo, Noi is a filly in serious need of a bath. Only problem is she hates bathing.
Many a young stallion wanders Equestria, searching for himself and taking up odd jobs along the way. A cranberry bog and a mare named Foxberry might be one stallion's destiny . . . there's only one little thing that might keep them apart.
A cutie mark reveals a pony’s special talent—the thing that sets him or her apart from other ponies. Ponies never get the wrong cutie marks, but sometimes they pay a high price for the one they have.
Fillies and colts bring all sorts of things to class for Show and Tell. Diamond Tiara usually shows off expensive stuff, Snails always brings snails, and Nursery Rhyme brings a trichobezoar.
Beginning school is a difficult time for anypony, but from such a stressful environment, lasting friendships can form between the most unlikely ponies.
An odd quirk of Equestrian law is that the mayor of an Earth Pony town can be challenged to prove her qualifications. Night Flower thinks she's got a shot to beat Mayor Mare.