The Replacement Letters

Dear Celestia

Looks like I still haven't learned from the time we first befriended Zecora the zebra that my little sister isn't a fragile baby. I placed nets over our apple trees to prevent the apples from landing on her and also to keep Sweet Apple Acres from getting the apples and thus put us out of business, I turned Applebloom's bed into a crib, I put two helmets on her, I tied a pillow on a leaf-rake to keep Applebloom from getting an 'owie' whilst preventing anypony from actually raking any leaves.

Then that bad little filly ran away to deliver pies to a town, and on her way almost got eaten by a chimera. I now trust her to take care of herself since she almost got herself killed. Isn't that a fine lesson to learn? What you need to do is put yourself in harms way to gain trust.

Applejack

PS: The way I described the supplies needed to go to that town made me sound like Pinkie Pie; Flame proof boots, a lion tamers chair, a snake charming flute, and a hunk of ricotta. What, no crossbow or something? All we need to do is avoid being barbecued and  fight a chimera.