It was a crisp, clear sunny day in the apple family orchard. Big Macintosh was carrying a bucket of apples on his head, so he can carry them to the cart. Applejack was busy bucking apples, and has multiple buckets placed around the tree she was targeting, so that way the apples won’t fall down on the ground too much. Meanwhile, Apple Bloom is feeling a little bored just standing around, and watching her older sister buck down some apples from the tree.

Apple Bloom couldn’t hold in her frustrations any longer, and asks in a slight whiny tone, “hey Applejack. When am I gonna buck some apples?” Applejack kicked at the tree again, and replied, “well Apple Bloom, you’re kinda too young to buck some apples with us. So just let me handle them for now, okay?” Apple Bloom got a little furious at that comment, and said, “hey now. I ain’t a filly no more! I can do what you’re doing on my own! So let me help, please?!” Applejack paused for a minute, then said, “look now sugarcube; I know that you may be a big filly and all. But you’re still my little sister, and I can’t have you getting hurt all of a sudden whenever I’m not around.” Apple Bloom began to whine a little, then said, “no I won’t, I promise. Just let me show you, please?” Even though Apple Bloom is a little older than a regular young filly; she still has that young filly’s charm to get her way whenever she doesn’t get what she wants; like bucking down an apple tree for instance. Applejack saw the look in Apple Bloom’s eyes, sighs, and then says, “alright now. Just one apple tree, and then that’s it, okay?” Apple Bloom nodded, and hugged her sister with a smile. “Alright now, that’s enough”, Applejack said while patting her little sister on the head. “Now if you’ll pardon me, I’ve gotta help granny now with her pies in the oven. I’ll be right back, so don’t go anywhere else now, you hear?” Apple Bloom nodded, and then said, “yes m’am. I will.” Applejack smiled and nodded at that comment, and then trots off to help Granny Smith.

Once Apple Bloom saw that her older sister is away, she then looked at the unharvested tree, and then says, “well, well, well, it’s just you and me now tree. Let’s have at it.” And with that, Apple Bloom reared up her hind legs, and started to kick at the tree. However, right after she bucked the apple tree; she saw that no apples fell down, and then Apple Bloom just stared at the tree in disbelief. But, just as she was about to prepare another bucking attempt, she felt a stinging pain on one of her backhooves, and then looked to see what the cause of it is. Apple Bloom’s eyes grew wide, as she then saw a giant splinter, (from a little filly’s perspective), and then sat down and began crying. Little did she know, that that particular gesture that she just did, is about to make her day a little more worse.