Cranky Doodle Donkey just wanted to settle down and enjoy a nice, quiet retirement after a lifetime of crisscrossing equestria. He picked what he thought was a quiet little town; not too far from a big city that he could take advantage of it if he wished. Yet far enough away that he had clean air and the sounds of nature to lull him to sleep.

Yeah.

Cranky is far too stubborn to walk away from a decision, he is a Donkey after all. And his marefriend Matilda lives in Ponyville, so there is that. But the sheer pandemonium that afflicts Ponyville on a near daily basis has him wondering why he bothers to stick around. And when disaster does hit, do the ponies turn to the guard? To the elected officials? No, they turn to a group of young mares not even old enough to legaly drink, lead by the least mentally stable of the lot.

And now Cranky has to help the unhinged librarian solve the latest crisis afflicting ponyville. Or sleep on his own lumpy couch.

Grunt.