The cockatrice. One of the higher in the food chain of the Everfree Forest, despite it's diminutive size. It is also one of the few blessed with any form of sapience, though this is unknown to ponykind, due in part to their contentment to live in ignorance, though largely due to the fact most ponies are deathly scared of the habitat in which the cockatrice resides, let alone the creature itself.

So - what do cockatrices think?

(The 'Sad' tag is not to say this is a tearjerker, it's just mildly sad. If it makes you cry, I apologise, that was not my intent.)