Once upon a time, there was an eminently sensible earth pony named Clyde. This was a Clyde which our beloved Clyde descended from long ago. This Clyde was also miserable as he was oppressed by his three evil stepsisters.
One day, Clyde overheard the stepsisters discussing a royal ball with both princesses and numerous nobles attending. He realized that this was his chance to escape the tyranny of the stepsisters.
When he went to ask though, he was quickly denied of his request and given a multitude of chores to preform. Clyde knew he would have no time to attend the ball after his assignments though.
Later that night, after his stepsisters left, Clyde began a plan to sneak away to the ball and meet his Princess. But as he exited the apartment, a bright flash of light temporarily blinded him. Once his vision cleared, Clyde found himself standing before a regal looking alicorn with a vibrant white mane and a flowing red mane. He bowed down and the alicorn quickly motioned for him to stand.
The alicorn began to speak. "I feel a great sadness and a wish to escape this madness. I have come from afar, my name is Shooting Star."
"This is all true, your majesty."
"A wish of yours can be granted if spoken, be wise for after one the spell will be broken." Clyde thought long and hard, after all, any wish he made would be granted.
"I wish for coin enough to last me a lifetime."
Shooting Star smiled gently. "As you wish." Her horn lit up for a brief second before she disappeared into the night. Smiling, Clyde reentered the small apartment and he almost fainted from shock. Over half of the house was filled with shiny gold coins and bright jewels that could put the royal treasury to shame.
Clyde invested most of the money and used the rest to buy a luxurious estate and three maids: the stepsisters.
The moral of the story is: Don't give up what you really want for what you want right now.
I don't get it
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Basically: Look for the long run.
Maximum sensibility end: after a bunch of money up and disappears out of the bank's vault, the magic cash is eventually tracked down to Clyde, who is arrested for whatsit money fraud using unknown forms of magic.
6076623 It's a parody of Cinderella.
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He wanted to marry a Princess in order to piggy-back into her good, rich life. So he wouldn't live the horribly dull and hard poor life, as basically the peasant housekeeper for his bitch stepsisters.
So he got a wish. Instead of using that wish to make him attractive to the Princess, he was like "MAKE ME RICH LIKE FUCK!" And she did. Plus he didn't have to share it with some chick. I need me a wish like that. Only make it tax-deductible, too. Haha, yes.
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In fact we know the bad guys do. Remember that reptilian thing the Witch-King was flying around on in Return of the King? All he'd have to do is unleash that scream thing he does to stun Rainbow Dash (worked on Eowyn) and then either he or his mount can easily get the kill.
6076623 This is a retelling of "Cinderella," the difference being that Cinderella used her wish to go to the ball instead of something that would benefit her in the long run.
6077069 Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland...
Nuff said.
Too bad he didn't wish for a million bucks..
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They could have stampeded the stepsisters to death and he could get off scott-free on a brilliantly planned triple homicide!
6084495 I think that was an episode of CSI...
Not "Law & Order"... they keep things real. But, oh my, how I could regale you on the many many many absolute forensic fallacies I've seen in the few episodes of "CSI" I managed to force myself to watch. The one with a guy who was murdered by diving into a pool with ammonium hydroxide in it was particularly painful. So much wrong... so much... strong alkalis are STORED IN GLASS!! A vial of the stuff wouldn't shatter! And if the concentration of the caustic alkali was high enough to literally melt the guys flesh in an instant, massive clouds of choking ammonia would be rising from the surface of the pool due to the reverse reaction of concentrated aqueous ammonium which liberates free ammonia! ARG!! I'M A SCIENTIST AND THE WRONGNESS HURTS!!
Almost all of these fairy tales were delightful! I especially liked the one about the beanstalk, Sombra's new clothes, and Nightmare.
6105590 and a whole ton of paradoxes, do not forget paradoxes.
So much Clyde-i-ness! [not that it's a bad thing. ;)]
Do you mean...
Oh, I got the joke. He made a wish on a Shooting Star.
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I didn't see that when I was reading it.
It's terrible.
I love it.
The Coin can't last a lifetime, because it disappeared at one. Where did he fence all that stuff before one? Well, it's snappier this way, even if "the power to draw forth and purify all gold from beneath the ground to my person in a very large area." or "the power to condense wood into flawless diamonds." would be better.
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Also, his wickéd stepsisters simply seize the gold when they get back, for Clyde cannot possibly move that much gold in a few hours.