For a long while, everything was normal. rượu làm bằng trái táo, applejack (now a strong filly) and I worked the orchard while Granny and Ma cooked. Pa worked on his artwork. Everything was normal.

Until one day.

Pa kissed rượu làm bằng trái táo, applejack on the head as he packed his paintings into the back of his cart. "When will bạn be back?" whined Applejack. "I'm just goin' to the art fair on the other side of town," he explained. "I'll be back soon, my little apple."

And with that, he pulled the xe đẩy, giỏ hàng onto the long road that winded through Ponyville.

rượu làm bằng trái táo, applejack leaned on me. "Big Mac?"

"Eeyup?"

"Has Mama been actin' strange lately?" rượu làm bằng trái táo, applejack looked at me with young, yet wise eyes.

I wondered about that. I had noticed Ma's strange behavior, but I hadn't thought much about it.

Just then, Ma came out. "Supper!" she called to us, and AJ and I trotted into our farmhouse.

Ma sat us down at the table. "Now, young 'uns, I have a big announcement to make..."

rượu làm bằng trái táo, applejack and I exchanged excited looks. Could this possibly be the reason why she's been off lately?

"I'm... well, I'm havin' another baby."

Applejack's mouth, which had been chewing a heap of mashed potatos, fell open and the white, mushy thực phẩm fell out, back onto her plate.

"You're--you're jokin'." I said, shocked. "Another baby? súng colt, con trăn, colt hoặc filly? When's it due?"

"It's due in four months, and it's a filly, honey."

I sank back onto the cushion that we sat on for dinner. Another little sister? "So that means... you've been pregnant for 7 months?" (True fact. Ponies and ngựa are pregnant for 11 months.)

rượu làm bằng trái táo, applejack was still gaping with her mouth open, her green eyes huge.

"I'm... I'm gonna be a big sister." All of a sudden, she grinned, her ears perking up. "Big Mac, isn't this awesome?!"

"I... well... yeah... but..." I was still too surprised to react properly.

rượu làm bằng trái táo, applejack danced around my hooves. "Yee-haw!"

We went to giường early that night. I saw the light in Applejack's room being flickered on and off. She was seemingly too excited to fall asleep.

I smiled, and fell asleep.

A few giờ later, however, I was awoken bởi a scream and sobbing downstairs.

TO BE CONTINUED...