Did you know that I was a mistake? My parents never wanted a child. When I was conceived, it was only them giving into their natural urges, and they regretted it afterwards. Regretted making me alive. My mother didn’t want me in her belly, and didn’t want me at all. Do you think that bothers me, Scootaloo?

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Maybe a little bit, but my mother was a very loving pony, and she really did love me very much, once she got to know me. She told me I was a mistake, but not to make me feel bad. She wanted to teach me how special I was. You see, my parents never wanted me to be born, and I was a mistake, but I was such a wonderful little colt to my mother that, as she put it, I managed to convince her otherwise.

Ponies can make mistakes, and foals can be accidents. Foals can be unwanted, or even too hard for their parents to raise. Maybe their parents are too young, or maybe they’re too busy, or maybe even something terrible happened to them. But one little mistake isn’t always the end of the world. By being a good little filly, or colt, you can help them fix their mistake, and save your own parents from being hurt and sad. I think that’s something very special that most foals never have the chance to do.

I was a mistake, once, when I was just a little thing in my mother’s womb. But by living well I... well, I <i>like</i> to think that I may have fixed that mistake, and made up for it many times over. When my mother passed away, I was no longer her mistake, but her little miracle. I may miss her sometimes, but I will always know that I became a pony she could be proud of, that she would never again regret giving birth to. And even if your mother cannot be there to hug you, and tell you in words that you’ve saved her from her mistakes, just by being yourself, you’ve still shown to so many ponies that you are <i>not</i> a mistake, and she will never again regret giving birth to you, if she ever learns what a wonderful pony you have become.

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