1/2 >It's fucking hot. >It's fucking humid. >It's seldom like this in your area. >The houses just don't have air conditioning. >Your fluffy pony is suffering. >Her fluff is hot an itchy. >She can't play or hug. >It's just too hot. >You can only give her so many popsicles before she gets sick. >She's miserable. >Lays in the shade whimpering all day. >You have to do something. >Fluffy moans "Fwuuuffffyyy hawt! Nu wike! Whaaaa!" "Come on over here girl, I'm gonna help you." >Fluffy plods over to you hopefully. >"Pwease powpsicwe daddee?" "No, you've had three today already." >Lift her up to the sink. >"Baff?" asks fluffy. >Normally she hates baths, but it's been so hot lately. "No...no bath, girl." >Switch on the electric shears. >Fluffy pony panics. >"NUUUUU! Pwease nu scawy buzzies! Nu take fwuff!" "Just relax, you'll feel a lot better after this." >Fluffy bawls and fights you every step of the way. >You don't take all her fluff...just a good trim. >Finally done. >Set fluffy down; she just cries at the top of her lungs. "Hey, cut it out." >Thwack her on the nose. She stops crying. "How do you feel?" >Fluffy thinks for a second...obviously doesn't know the answer. "Are you cooler?" >"Yay! Fwuffy fewl cool! Nu mowe itchies!"   2/2 >Fluffy runs around, plays with her ball. >Fluffy is happy. >You hear her fluffy-flap open & shut. >Hmmm...better go outside with her. >She could easily get hurt without her fluff for protection. >In a few minutes...clean the fluff out of your sink first.   >All cleaned up. >Hear a scream from the back yard...oh shit. >Run outside. >Fluffy is laying in the grass, howling in pain. >There's no animals in the yard...nothing attacked her. >Then you see... >Fluffy's skin is bright red. >Big blisters. >Smells like bacon & burnt hair. >In less than 5 minutes fluffy suffered 2nd degree sunburn. >Pick her up...she screams in pain. >Without full fluff her delicate skin scorched horribly.   >Now fluffy can barely move. >She sits on wet towels all day & night, whimpering in pain. >You put special fluffy pony aloe lotion on her. >Even that is painful...she cries every time you touch her. >Not much you can do to help. >That sunburn is gonna itch like hell when it starts to peel. >Fluffy pony just can't win.