The Cutie Mark Crusaders embark on a snipe hunt. They don't find any snipes, but on the edge of a pumpkin field, they find something better.
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Rarity has such harsh and unreasonable rules!
Whose pumpkin-cannon was it?
Good as usual, Admiral. Nice job.
5190823
I know, right?
That's a good question. One which I have no answer to.
5190824
Thanks!
Snipe hunt?
Huh. Like in King of the Hill.
Nice story by the way.
5190978
I fondly remember snipe hunts from when I was in Boy Scouts. Turns out, the adults were jerks.
5191015
Everyone is a jerk. You're a jerk. I'm a jerk. Everyone in this comment box is a jerk. The kindest person in the world is a big fucking jerk.
5191022
So true ... I know I won't miss the chance to send kids on a snipe hunt.
Dafuq is a snipe hunt
Dafuq is a snipe hunt
5191113 when you see one, you'll know. ;)
5191015 I guess all of the leaders are the same, wherever you go. For a scavenger hunt at a campout, we used the argument that since snipes didn't exist, anything could be a snipe. So we used a pinecone.
5191636
Yeah, about that. . .
Turns out that there's about two dozen total species of Snipe. The word "sniper" originally described a hunter skilled enough to successfully hunt the difficult-to-shoot bird, and was later applied to military sharpshooters.
While "snipe hunts" themselves are intended to be impossible tasks, the term is a reference to the extreme difficulty of hunting the actual bird, rather than a non-existent creature.
5192714
*GASP*
The leaders lied to us!
5193720
Unfortunately, it would appear so.
5193749
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
...
...Ah well, time to get back to reading. Hmm, perhaps I can convince my coworkers that we have snipes stocked in the back room tomorrow...
5192714
And that does lend a bit of veracity to the task, since there are indeed snipes, and it's conceivable one could be caught . . . although probably not by a troop of boy scouts searching through the woods at night.
they did not have flashlights, you can't hunt for snipes without a flashlight
you need a flashlight to stun them, so you can throw the bag over the snipe.
5193880
I think they're a tropical bird, so yeah, most Boy Scouts will have a lot of trouble finding them.
5194654
Not true--snipes live in nearly any climate. The Wilson's Snipe, for example, lives in the northern United States and Canada.
5194645
You've been on a snipe hunt before, haven't you?
5194798
I stand corrected; I recalled that the term 'sniper' originated among the British in southeast Asia, and didn't realize the birds were cosmopolitan.
5194819
Yeah, according to Wikipedia, they've got pretty much worldwide distribution. They also live in marshes and along shorelines, so the odds of finding one in the woods are about zero.
I want to say when I was a kid 'snipe hunts' were sometimes called 'snape hunts,' although now that would have different, more amusing connotations.
They're armed now. Nopony is safe.
Lel.
5201434
Is anypony ever safe from the CMC?
5204299
Correction made; thank you!
I am worried for what the cannon was ment to protect from.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders plus heavy weaponry is always a good combination. In one of my stories, I have Apple Bloom getting her cutie mark by building a trebuchet, and then improving the design, making it more like artillery.
Another idea I've put in stories is having a stew, cooked in a pumpkin, as the centerpiece of holiday meals. Because, sadly, these Equestrians won't have huge slabs of meat on their dinner table, like a proper meal.
5250720
I know, right? What could possibly go wrong?
I can't even tell you how much I love trebuchets. If I had enough space, I'd build one in my backyard.
Could you cook a stew in a pumpkin, or would the pumpkin get all mushy?
5264050 FoodNetwork.com to the rescue!
Squash Soup in Pumpkin Bowls
I'm not sure if it's totally equivalent, but there's one recipe using pumpkins as a bowl.
5264326
Huzzah for the internet!
FWIW, I can totally believe serving a stew in a pumpkin, or in gourd bowls; it's the cooking it there that I'm a bit skeptical about. I say 'a bit,' because I've had butternut squash cut in two, filled with yummy stuff, and cooked like that, and the squash is plenty strong enough to withstand that without melting into a mess in the oven.
Recipies notwithstanding, I'm liable to believe that you could hollow out a pumpkin, fill it with stew ingredients, and cook it in the oven, although I'd like to see a recipe where that's the process, just because if it can be done, someone's sure to have done it already.
5264413
Here you go.
http://www.countryliving.com/recipefinder/baked-stuffed-pumpkin-3090
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Pumpkin-Stuffed-with-Everything-Good-361169
I want to see them make this!
And here's a Snipe Hunt game just for fun!
5922099
Hmm. A couple lengths of drainpipe, some suitable explosives. . . .
Mispronounced this hilariously on the first take for the reading -- used the long 'A'.
I did a take on that, there is actually never mentioned any features that were around the wagon at the time they left it somewhere in the woods. (no doubt intentional)
This made me feel like the whole point or main idea of this fic was to present a day like any other in the lifes of the crusading fillies.
5190978 Oh right, I remember that episode. It is a good one.
It put the characters in a moral dilemma and the conflict reached a conclusion where the characters actually dealt and found a resolution to the moral conflict.
That's one of the things that made me a fan of the Kings of the Hills, it's just plain good, old fashion, orthodox story telling of the slice of life genera.
~Leonzilla
6955315
It might even be back in Ponyville.
That, and I needed an excuse to put a pumpkin cannon in one story. Actually, more of the latter.
6955315
Hell yea! sucks it got canceled.
6967911 I think what bothers me the most about it is that it was canceled to make room for The Cleveland Show. I mean really?
The network actually decided that investing in another Family Guy was a better investment than renewing The Kings of the Hill.
Something to think about.
~Leonzilla
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Eeyup
Gonna be honest, based on the summary, that's not the ending I expected.
I was expected something like a new friend. Not a cannon.
7525899
Why can't they be friends with a cannon?
Slice of Life done Best!
8379111
Thanks!
8704799
Very true.
Heck, I once lost a car (forgot where I'd parked it).