1/4 >Hottest summer on record. >Grass is dry and hard for fluffy ponies to chew. >Fluff is hot and uncomfortable in the sun. >Stray fluffy ponies suffer intensely. >Sources of drinking water are few. >Some neighbors take pity, leave water out for them. >Others are happy to see them die. >Still others leave auto coolant out where fluffies can drink it. One hot day... >Hear scratching at front door. >Group of tired fluffy ponies. >16 adults, plus foals. >"Pwease watew?" "So hot." "No watew...thiwsty!" "You're not coming in here, fluffy vermin." >Fluffy ponies whimper and cry. >"Pwease...so hot...so thiwsy." "Mummas no can make miwk fow babees." "Look, there's a pond out back. You can drink pond water." >Fluffies cheer and hug. >"Yay!" "Mistaw good, mistaw nice!" "Can new daddy be?" "Don't push your fucking luck." >Open backyard gate for fluffy ponies. >Group scampers happily into your yard. >Worst mistake ever? >Don't worry...you know what you're doing.   2/4 >Entire yard boarders on pond. >Fluffy ponies take 10 minutes to locate pond. >Damn these things are stupid. >At first, fluffy ponies are scared. >Fluffy ponies drown easily. >Even these little numbskulls know this. >Braver ones nervously creep toward water. >Muzzles dip into the pond. >Tepid water quenches parched throats. >HUGE explosion from water. >Powerful reptilian jaws snap shut on unlucky pegasus. >She squeals in agony. >Pelvis & left back leg already smashed. >Front hooves flail in terror. >"Hewp! Hewp fwuffy! Munsta got fwuffy!" >Other fluffy ponies flee in terror. >Fleeing in no general direction. >Running aimlessly. >Crashing head first into stuff. >One even runs straight into the water. >Alligator takes her time. >Slowly backs into water. >Screaming pegasus fluffy is dragged under and seen no more.   3/4 >Fluffy ponies are now terrified of the water. >Only three actually got to drink. >Minus one who just got eaten by the alligator. >Terrified and crying, they can't find their way out of the yard. >You closed the gate...they're trapped. >You stay inside. >Air conditioning, cold beer. >Watch fluffy pones for a week. >Grass is dry but provides sustenance. >Thirst is maddening. >Fluffy ponies are terrified of the water. >They don't understand what lives there...it's just a "munsta." >Very little shade for fluffy ponies. >Too hot to play or hug. >Deprived of playtime and huggies, fluffy ponies become depressed. >Hungry foals cry constantly. >Even older weaned foals try to suckle for any moisture. >"Hungwy" "Miwk!" "Pwease mummy!" >Occasionally, a desperate fluffy dares to go down for a drink. >A few get away with it. >Just enough to fill the others with cruel hope. >Others get snapped up by alligators. Night-time... >Darkness brings horrors for fluffy ponies. >Too afraid to sleep, they huddle together and whimper. >At night the monsters come out of the water. >Fluffy ponies have terrible night vision. >Never see the alligators coming. >Fluffy ponies are snatched right out of the huddle. >"Noooo!" "Pwease don' eat fwuffy!" "So scawy dawk!" >Their cries go on all night.   4/4 >End of the week. >Only three fluffy ponies alive. >Foals died of starvation/dehydration. >Crows scavenged the corpses while mothers watched...too weak to move. >Alligators picked off fluffy adults one by one. >Finally go outside. >Last three fluffy ponies beg for help. >Their babbling usually makes little sense. >Weak, with parched throats it's little more than pained croaking. >Fluffy pony eyes are crusted up with dried tears. >Walk past them. >Take long drink from hose. >Heartbroken fluffies look on in disbelief. >It was right there all this time. >Easily within fluffy reach. >Not even difficult to open the valve. >Even a fluffy pony could do it. "You've had a week, did you drink from the pond?" >"M-m-munst-a...in...wa-wa-watew...pwease...watew." "Well, that's too bad. Time for you to go." >Chase thirsty fluffies out of the yard. >They're too dehydrated to cry. >Painful gagging noises come from parched throats. >Lock the gate. >Fluffy proof fence...they're not getting back in. >Water lawn...it needs it. >See three fluffy ponies in neighbor's driveway later on. >Dead near a pan of green coolant. >Fluffy ponies filled their bellies with antifreeze. >Even for fluffy ponies, that's a bad way to go. >Crack another beer. >Damn it's hot.