Pony just walks off sadly.
"Pony, where are you going?" asks Georgie.
"Back to my room", says Pony.
"You can't let Billy get in the way of your one true love!" says Zee.
"You've got to take him down!" says Zuzy.
"What can Billy do that you can't?" asks Georgie.
"That!" says Pony pointing to Billy.
Billy is juggling three hundred pound weights and is very good at doing it.
"These weights are like you!" says Billy. "I'll always catch you if you fall."
"Seriously? That line worked?" says Zuzy.
"She'll never pick me", says Pony, sadly.
"Yeah she will, cause we're gonna help you!" says Georgie.
"Besides, I know exactly what to do!" says Zee. "When I was younger, I read all the fairy tales."
"When you were younger, huh?" says Zuzy, smirking.
"I was younger on the way here!" says Zee. "It was a long walk, okay. Anyway, as long as we do what the book says, you're pretty much guaranteed a happy ending. How about this? 'Rescuing a damsel-in-distress.' Of course, we can improvise without a dragon."
"What do we do? Wait for Zizzy to get in trouble?" asks Zuzy.
"Or we bring the danger to her", says Georgie.
Soon, the children have a plan worked out, and they have Zuzy dressed up as a thief.
"Okay", says Georgie. "Zuzy's gonna pretend to take to take Zizzy's things, then you swoop in and stop her. Ready?"
"No, I'm not", says Pony, his heart pounding looking at Zizzy.
"Come on!" says Zee. "You're gonna be her hero, and in the fairy tales, the knight in shining armor always gets the girl!"
Zuzy takes Zizzy's things, leaving Zizzy horrified, screaming for help.
Just as Pony is about to get Zizzy's things, Billy swoops in and takes them before him.
"Here's your stuff", says Billy. "Although it's not as sweet...as you."
"Thank you, Billy", says Zizzy picking up her things.
"That smooth talking bull stole our rescue!" says Georgie. "And it totally would've worked!"
"We're just gonna have to keep trying!" says Zee. "Pony, you ready to kick things up a notch?"
"Oh yeah", says Pony.
Pony in now dressed in prince suit, not far from Zizzy, sleeping outside in a hammock.
"Oh, no", says Pony, sweating.
"Trust us!" says Zee. "There's nothing more romantic than waking your special someone from a sleeping spell with a magical kiss. See? 'And they rode off into the sunset.'
"Any signs of Billy?" asks Georgie.
"Negative! Coast is clear!" says Zuzy.
"It's now or never!" says Georgie.
Pony puckers up his lips, ready to kiss Zizzy. But Zizzy wakes up, and is really scared, thinking Pony is someone else.
"You've been working hard all day", says Billy, coming out of nowhere. "Allow me to treat you like the princess you are."
And the two walk off.
"Hey!" says Zuzy. "That's our sunset they're riding off into.
"All right!" says Georgie. "This ends now. Billy may have good timing...and good muscles, but let's see him compete with a song."
So, Pony spends his time writing a song for Zizzy.
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A Horse and Zebra's Love
RomanceEver since first meeting her, Pony has loved Zizzy, but he is too shy to ask her out. However, he might have some competition with Billy, the bull who isn't infected, and is very strong and handsome. Luckily, he has Zee and Zuzy and Georgie to help...
