STRANGE INTERLUDE 1

STRANGE INTERLUDE  1

Clyde Pie was working the West Field; it was an area that had not been worked in a while.  With a Unicorn working now for Clyde, it was easier to move large objects away from dangerous areas.

There was a very large outcropping of rock that had not been tended for some time, in it was an extremely large boulder with smaller ones on and around it.  The smaller ones despite being smaller than the one, were still of a prodigious size.  The stack was not very stable so it had been avoided in the past.  Clyde had forgot to tell Trixie to stay clear of the area because it was unstable.  Plus there was a history there that nopony liked to remember.

Trixie, who had at first resisted this as menial work, found her talent for explosions and levitation to be most helpful in dealing with large boulders.  She’d found acceptance and a purpose other than being a show-off.  She was now levitating one of the smaller boulders away from the larger one when she saw something odd.  She moved the large rock away and went to investigate.

Clyde was not too far from where his hired-hoof was working when he heard the blood curdling scream.  Trixie was running directly toward him.  She grabbed him and started to cry intensely.

“What’s wrong?” asked Clyde.

“A dead pony!” said Trixie crying hard, “a poor little dead pony!”

Sue and Blinkie had heard the scream and came running from the house to see what was up.

Sue took Trixie aside to comfort her and Clyde went to investigate, Blinkie followed.  When they came to the spot that Trixie was working, they saw the skeletal remains of a small pony, some hair and skin still attached.  It had been crushed under the boulder and it was apparent that the poor creature had been there for many, many years.

“Blinkie honey,” said Clyde, “go run and get the police.”