There is a prospect greater than the land, and that is the sea. There is a prospect greater than the sea and that is the sky. But there is also a prospect greater than those two and that is the pony soul. In Equestria the stock market has crashed. Poverty is everywhere, even the high class ponies in Canterlot have a hard time getting by. And the Apple family certainly isn't exempt to this poverty, apple crops aren't doing well and the Apples are plunging deep into debt. In this story discover that just one act of kindness can change somepony for the better. (Inspired by Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.)