Seeing Isn’t Believing
[Inside their clubhouse…]
“So what’s this about, Melody?” asked Starlight.
“It’s about Mr Tidwell and our weight,” explained Melody.
“What about them?” asked Bright Eyes.
“I think it’s about our promise to Mr Tidwell about truly gaining no more weight,” suggested Sweetheart.
“I’ve arranged to have bigger desks and exit slide but just don’t gain any more weight, okay?” asked Tidwell.
“We won’t,” replied the class.
“Exactly,” said Melody. Since we put on more pounds since last year, he’ll be heartbroken that we broke our promise to him. We’ll need to do something big to make it up to him.
“Like what?” asked Clover.
“What if we truly did his job for part of the day?” asked Sweetheart.
“I don’t know if I’d want to do that but it’s an option,” said Melody.
“I think first when we see him next we need to apologize to him for breaking his promise and we’ll need to have a way to make it up to him right there,” said Bright Eyes.
“We have school tomorrow so we can give it to him afterwards,” said Melody.
“I think I have an idea for making it up to Mr Tidwell,” said Patch. [The next day, after school…]
“We’re sorry, Mr Tidwell,” said Melody. We know you said not to gain anymore weight but I guess we forgot our promise to you but we’ll make it up to you.
“We made you this cake to show our sincerest apologies,” said Sweetheart.
“Well that’s mighty kind of you ponies to do this,” said Tidwell. I’m glad you came and told me the truth right away and for making it up to me with this cake. Both of these have shown me that you all are still honest ponies and I hope you all continue to be this way so thank you very much. If I accept this apology, you are to not ever gain any more weight, unless you for whatever reason lost it, deal?
“Deal,” said the ponies.
“Why don’t you all share the cake with me?” asked Tidwell.
“That’d be great,” said Bon Bon.
“Well then sit down and I’ll hand out a slice to each of you,” said Tidwell. *he hands out slices and the group eats the cake* What a delicious cake, thanks again. You all did a very generous thing today and I’m proud of each of you.
“You’re welcome,” said the rest of the ponies.
“We just wanted to cheer you up after what we had done,” said Bright Eyes.
“It’s the least we could do,” said Melody. We have to get going now so we’ll see you later.
“Bye-bye, then,” said Tidwell. I’ll catch you all tomorrow. *the group of ponies go their separate ways*
“That went over really truly well,” said Sweetheart.
“Yeah, it’s nice to know that he’s still a nice guy, even if we broke our promise to him,” said Bright Eyes. I think the cake really helped swing his decision to accept the apology.
“This time, though we’ll need to be sure to remember our promise to avoid having to go through this problem again,” said Melody.
“We’ll probably need to put it somewhere in our rooms or something so we’ll remember each day that we’re not to forget the promise,” said Bright Eyes.
“Great idea, Bright Eyes,” said Melody.
“I truly agree,” said Sweetheart. Maybe even writing the reminder on a calendar would be helpful too.
“Better yet, we could make t-shirts,” said Starlight. They’d be a great reminder to everyone because they’d see the message on the front.
“I really truly like your idea better, Starlight,” said Sweetheart. It’ll even remind us throughout the week as the rest of us wear them as well.
“I think out of all the ideas, the t-shirt wins it for me,” said Bright Eyes. All for making the t-shirts say I.
“I,” said everyone else.
