1. We're getting closer!
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2. I can hardly wait!
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3. I'm so excited, I feel like shouting!
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4. Canterlot, here we come!
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5. I do hope I look festive enough!
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6. There it is!
Canterlot!
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7. Isn't Canterlot wonderful this time of year?
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8. Yeah, I wish it was Hearth's Warming Eve every day.
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9. There's so much to look at...
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10. I feel like my durned eyes are gonna pop right out of my head!
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11. I have an idea, let's play 'I spy with my little eye' as we walk!
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12. I'll go first.
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13. I spy... an eight foot candy cane.
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14. I spy a snowpony!
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15. I spy somepony eating a gingerbread house!
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16. And it's me!
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17. I can't believe that Princess Celestia chose us to put on the most important play of the season!
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18. Do you guys know what an honor this is?
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19. For all of us?
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20. I wish she hadn't honored me quite so much... I can't go onstage!
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21. I don't want everypony looking at me!
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22. Fluttershy, darling, there's nothing to feel nervous about.
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23. No?
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24. Of course not.
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25. All across Equestria, ponies are preparing their own pageants for Hearth's Warming Eve, in their own towns.
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26. It's tradition.
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27. So you're saying they'll be too busy to come to our play?
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28. Well no, we're in the Canterlot pageant, the biggest, most important production in all of Equestria.
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29. A lot of ponies will come to watch us.
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30. - A lot?
- Hundreds.
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31. - Hundreds?
- Maybe even thousands!
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32. Oh, my hair!
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33. Applejack, be a dear and shut those windows, will you?
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34. Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash!
Thank you, thank you!
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35. It's a reenactment of the founding of Equestria.
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36. It's not the Rainbow Dash Show.
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37. Well it should be the Rainbow Dash Show, I'm the star!
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38. Fluttershy, you've got to come out of there!
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39. Curtain in two minutes!
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40. - Twilight, let me handle this.
- My hair!
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41. Shut the window!
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42. Once upon a time, long before the peaceful rule of Celestia,
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43. and before ponies discovered our beautiful land of Equestria,
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44. ponies did not know harmony.
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45. It was a strange and dark time.
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46. A time when ponies were torn apart, by hatred.
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47. I know. Can you believe it?
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48. During this frightful age, each of the three tribes: the pegasi, the unicorns, and the earth ponies,
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49. cared not for what befell the other tribes, but only for their own welfare.
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50. In those troubled times, as now, the pegasi were the stewards of the weather.
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51. But, they demanded something in return.
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52. Food that could only be grown by the earth ponies.
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53. The unicorns demanded the same...
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54. in return for magically bringing forth day and night.
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55. And so, mistrust between the tribes festered,
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56. until one fateful day, it came to a boil.
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57. And what prompted the ponies to clash?
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58. It was a mysterious blizzard that overtook the land, and toppled the tribes' precarious peace.
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59. The normally industrious earth ponies were unable to farm their land.
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60. The earth ponies were freezing.
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61. The home of the pegasi fared no better.
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62. The pegasi were hungry.
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63. And the unicorns were freezing and hungry.
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64. Even the unicorns' magic was powerless against the storm.
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65. Each tribe blamed the others for their suffering.
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66. And the angrier everypony grew, the worse the blizzard became.
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67. And so it was decided that a grand summit would be held to figure out a way to cope with the blizzard.
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68. Each tribe sent their leaders.
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69. Daughter of the unicorn king, Princess Platinum.
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70. Ruler of the pegasi, Commander Hurricane.
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71. And lastly... leader of the earth ponies...
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72. Chancellor Puddinghead.
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73. Perhaps the three tribes could finally settle their differences,
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74. and agree on a way to get through this disaster.
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75. All I wanna know is why the earth ponies are hogging all the food!
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76. Us? We're not hogging all the food, you are!
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77. Oh wait. You're right. It's us!
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78. Well, it's only 'cause you mean old pegasusususes are making it snow like crazy!
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79. For the hundredth time, it's not us!
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80. We're not making it snow! It must be the unicorns!
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81. They're doing it with their freaky magic!
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82. How dare you! Unlike you pegasi ruffians, we unicorns would never stoop to such a thing!
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83. Well if you non-earths aren't gonna stop using your weird old powers to freeze us all,
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84. then I'm just plum out of ideas.
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85. What a shocker. An earth pony with no ideas.
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86. Commander Hurricane, please cease with the insults!
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87. You're not the boss of me, your royal snootiness!
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88. I beg your pardon? I am a princess! I won't be spoken to that way!
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89. I'm leaving first!
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90. No, I'm first!
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91. And the blizzard raged on.
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92. So the summit of the tribes did not turn out as hoped,
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93. and the three leaders returned home to lick their wounds... and basically complain.
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94. Atten-tion!
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95. Well? Aren't you curious about how it went?
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96. Commander Hurricane, sir! How did it go, sir?
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97. Horribly! Those other tribe leaders are so disrespectful!
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98. Don't they realize that we are a mighty tribe of warriors, and should not be crossed?
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99. We have got to break ranks from those weak foals!
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100. Clover the Clever! I need you!
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101. Yes, your majesty.
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102. - Did the other pony tribes see reason as I predicted?
- Those other tribes are impossible!
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103. I, for one, can no longer bear to be anywhere near those lowly creatures.
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104. The unicorns are noble, and majestic.
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105. We will no longer consort with the likes of them!
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106. Wouldn't it have been easier to use the door, Chancellor?
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107. Maybe for you, Smart Cookie. But I am a chancellor.
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108. I was elected because I know how to think outside the box.
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109. Which means... I can also think inside the chimney.
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110. Can you think inside a chimney?
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111. I didn't think so.
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112. Oh my gosh. Hold on to your hooves, I am just about to be brilliant!
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113. That'd be a first.
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114. I have decided that the earth ponies are gonna go it alone!
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115. So you mean the other tribes didn't come around?
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116. - Shoot. I really thought we could get through to 'em if we—
- Don't worry about them.
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117. We're the ones with all the food, right?
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118. Actually, we're all out.
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119. Fine, then we'll have to go somewhere new where we can grow some new food.
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120. And with me as our fearless leader, what could go wrong?
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121. Where should I start?
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122. The point is...
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123. We must find a new land!
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124. C'mon, Private Pansy, let's get a move on!
Hup-one, hup-two!
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125. Get a hold of yourself, Private!
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126. We cannot let anything distract us from the mission at hand.
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127. To find, and if necessary, to conquer a new land!
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128. Conquer, sir?
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129. You never know where enemies might be lurking.
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130. I don't see any enemies, Commander. Just... snow.
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131. What's that?
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132. Okay. This is getting old.
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133. This is simply taking forever.
My hooves are killing me!
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134. How long have we been walking for?
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135. About five minutes, your highness.
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136. I never imagined finding a new land would be so hard.
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137. But it'll all be worth it.
Don't you agree?
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138. I actually think that the three tribes could've tried harder
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139. Stooooop!
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140. What's wrong?
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141. That is what's wrong!
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142. Your highness, it's just a stream.
We can cross it easily.
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143. I refuse to get my gown wet.
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144. I have no intention of arriving at my new land looking like a bedraggled earth pony.
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145. Or worse yet, a rough-and-tumble pegasus.
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146. I, for one, have no intention of stooping down to their level.
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147. On the other hand, I have no trouble watching you stoop down.
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148. And do watch the gown, darling. It's worth more than all of the books in your library.
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149. Yes, yes.
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150. This is definitely the right direction.
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151. It feels like we're going in circles.
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152. But that's impossible. Are you suggesting I'm reading the map wrong?
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153. Absolutely not, your chancellorness, it's just that there are holes in the map, and—
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154. Of course! How else could I see where I was going?
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155. Yeah...
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156. Or talk! I need to be able to talk!
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157. I mean, how would we survive if I just suddenly shut up?
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158. Heaven forbid that should happen, your chancellorship.
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159. It's just that the map is also... upside down.
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160. I got a newsflash for you, Cookie.
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161. The earth is round. There is no up or down.
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162. You're right!
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163. It's such a relief to me that you're in charge of this map...
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164. Relief? You don't need relief! If anypony needs relief around here it's me!
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165. I'm a chancellor! I'm a bigshot! You're just my, um... my...
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166. - Secretary.
- Whatever!
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167. You take the map, while I enjoy some relief.
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168. Yes, Chancellor Puddinghead.
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169. And so, each leader encountered obstacles along the way.
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170. But eventually, they all arrived in a new and wondrous land.
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171. Nopony had ever seen paradise before.
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172. This is the new land we've been searching for!
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173. What a view... I can see my future house from here.
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174. I proclaim this new land to be...
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175. Pegasopolis!
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176. I've never seen such jewels!
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177. This ruby is dazzling.
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178. This whole land is dazzling. I'm double dazzled!
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179. In the name of the unicorns, I hereby dub this land Unicornia!
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180. The air! The trees!
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181. The dirt. This dirt is the dirtiest dirt in the whole dirt world!
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182. And fertile, too. Perfect for growing food.
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183. In the name of the earth ponies, I think I'm gonna call this new place...
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184. Dirtville!
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185. How about 'Earth'?
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186. Earth!
Congratulations to me for thinking of it.
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187. We found our new home!
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188. I planted my flag first!
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189. - Did not!
- Did too!
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190. I planted mine earlier than first.
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191. All of you riff-raff are trespassing in Unicornia!
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192. - The name is Pegasopolis!
- Earth!
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193. - Pegasopolis!
- Unicornia!
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194. I say we fight for the land.
May the best pony win!
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195. That's barbaric. Clover the Clever?
Throw that brute into the dungeon!
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196. What dungeon? Look, perhaps if we all calmed down...
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197. I agree. Let's all calm down.
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198. I vote for calm.
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199. I'll have you court-martialled for insubordination, Private!
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200. We settle this on the battlefield!
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201. Who dares throw a snowball at royalty?
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202. Wait a minute, where'd all this snow come from anyway?
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203. Oh no. Not again.
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204. And so the paradise that the ponies had found was soon lost.
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205. Buried beneath a blanket of snow, and hard feelings.
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206. Instead of beautiful, it was blizzardy.
Instead of wonderful, it was wintry!
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207. Instead of spectacular, it was snow-tacular!
Instead of—
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208. We get it! Move on!
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209. Everypony was forced to seek shelter.
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210. They searched high and low, but the only shelter for miles was a cold and desolate cave.
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211. And, of course, the three tribes had to share it, and nopony was too happy about that.
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212. Please, Commander Hothead.
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213. It's Commander Hurricane.
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214. Please, Commander, could you just stand back and give me my royal space?
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215. You mean like this, your highness?
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216. Indeed not! You see this invisible line?
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217. Private? Outline our territory for everypony to see.
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218. See this real, non-invisible line?
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219. No unicorns or earth ponies are allowed to cross it!
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220. This is the sovereign territory of Pegasopolis!
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221. - Clover the Clever?
- Smart Cookie!
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222. I know, I know.
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223. What are you doing? Don't go around the rock, go over it!
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224. I'm not giving up an inch of territory to the enemy!
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225. That rock is clearly on the Unicornia side of the cave, and it belongs to us!
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226. Who knows, there could be jewels inside.
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227. I claim this rock for Pegasopolis!
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228. Unhand that rock this instant, you scoundrel!
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229. Oh look, you found my rock. I've been looking for it everywhere.
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230. - Hey! You invaded our territory!
- Finders keepers, losers weepers!
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231. That's the last straw!
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232. Give me my rock!
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233. Look, everypony! The entrance!
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234. Great. Now there's no way out! We're trapped!
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235. You two deserve this horrible fate, you've done nothing but argue and fight with each other!
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236. You've been fighting too, your highness.
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237. Yeah! Worse! I haven't been fighting nearly as much as you!
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238. How ridiculous! A unicorn never stoops to fighting!
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239. That's just 'cause you wimpy unicorns know you never win!
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240. Earth ponies are numbskulls!
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241. Pegasi are brutes!
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242. Unicorns are snobs!
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243. What is that... thing?
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244. They must be... Windigos!
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245. Windigos?
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246. My mentor Starswirl the Bearded taught me about them.
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247. They're winter spirits that feed off fighting and hatred.
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248. The more hate the spirit feels, the colder things become!
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249. Then... this is our fault.
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250. We three tribes... we brought this blizzard to our home by fightin' and not trustin' each other.
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251. Now it's destroyin' this land, too.
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252. And now our bodies will become as cold as our hearts...
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253. all because we were foolish enough to hate.
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254. Well, I don't hate you...
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255. I actually hate Commander Hurricane a lot more than I hate you guys.
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256. Actually, I don't really hate her, I just really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really dislike her.
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257. - Well, I don't hate you guys either.
- Nor do I!
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258. No matter what our differences, we're all ponies.
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259. What was that?
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260. - I didn't know unicorns could do that.
- I didn't either.
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261. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
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262. But I know it couldn't have been just me, it came from all three of us, joined together, in friendship.
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263. All through the night, the three ponies kept the fire of friendship alive by telling stories to one another and by singing songs...
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264. Which of course became the winter carols that we all still sing today.
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265. Eventually the warmth of the fire and singing and laughing reached the leaders,
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266. and their bodies began to thaw.
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267. And, it even began to melt their hearts.
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268. The three leaders agreed to share the beautiful land, and live in harmony ever afterwards.
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269. And together, they named their new land...
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270. Equestria!
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271. The fire of friendship lives in our hearts
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272. As long as it burns we cannot drift apart
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273. Though quarrels arise, their numbers are few
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274. Laughter and singing will see us through
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275. We are a circle of pony friends
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276. A circle of friends we'll be to the very end
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277. We should be so honored that Princess Celestia chose us!
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278. She must really think we exemplify what good friends are!
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279. Applejack, I thought you closed all the windows.
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280. Don't blame me.
Rainbow Dash should've flown up there and shut it.
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281. After all, she's got wings!
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282. Why do I always have to do the high up chores?
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283. Why can't Twilight use her magic for a change!
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284. You know what? I got it.
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