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| - |-| Английская стенограмма = [splashing] Apple Bloom: Just one more time? Please? Applejack: Alright, but this is the last one. Apple Bloom: Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Woooo! [splash] Granny Smith: [spluttering] Who done that?! Apple Bloom: Sure wish you'd come swim with us, Granny. Granny Smith: Uh, sorry, dear. I just can't bring myself anywhere near that there swimmin' hole. Apple Bloom: How come? Granny Smith: Well, I wasn't always this way... [telecine beeping] Granny Smith: Time was, I was an aquapony all-star! In fact, I was the only Apple to ever come close to breaking the Equestria high-diving record! Falling six stories into a deep dish pie pan takes a toll on the hindquarters. Oh, I was so sore, took years before I could even look at the water again! Just the idea of swimmin' makes my whole body ache! Besides, these old legs can't even paddle fast enough to stay afloat. [splash] Granny Smith: [panicked noises] Apple Bloom: Boy, I sure would hate to be afraid of swimmin'. You think I'll ever be scared of the water? [Jaws-theme BGM] Apple Bloom: Aah! Big McIntosh: Nope. Applejack and Big McIntosh: [laughing] theme song Apple Bloom: Wow, Granny. I can't believe you were a high diver! Granny Smith: The best one in Ponyville! Apple Bloom: Do you think I could be a high diver? Big McIntosh: Nope. Applejack: Absolutely not. Apple Bloom: But– Granny Smith: Now you hold your horsefeathers, little seed! I never said bein' a high diver was a smart decision! It's incredibly dangerous! Apple Bloom: I know, but– Granny Smith: But nothin'! It is the riskiest, scariest, darn-fool thing I ever did do! That's not to say I didn't wish I was still young and spry and confident, but let's leave the flyin' through the air to the Pegasi. Apple Bloom: Wow, when you put it that way, it doesn't sound so fun. [ponies talking] Applejack: Wow. I wonder where everypony's headed. [distant fairground music] Applejack: Now where in Ponyville do you two think you're goin'? Granny Smith: Aw, quit bein' such a worry-worm and follow your ears! Apple Bloom: Come on, Applejack, aren't you curious? [fairground music gets closer] [ponies chattering] [crank turning] [steam puffing] Flim: Thank you, one and all, for your attendance, and we guarantee that your time here will not be spent in vain! Flam: In fact, we think it will prove to be the most valuable time you've ever spent! Applejack: The Flim Flam Brothers! This should be interestin'. Big McIntosh: Eeyup. Flim: Welcome, one and all, to the demonstration of a lifetime! Flam: A demonstration of a better life! Flim: A demonstration of a better time! And if we haven't captured your interest just yet, by the time we've finished, an unfortunate phenomenon practically guarantees that we will! Flam: A phenomenon? What's that? Flim: It's a circumstance perceptible by the senses, but in this case, it's the simple fact that: Flim: Congratulations, Granny Smith! You just made the purchase of a lifetime! Applejack: Are you as worried as I am? Big McIntosh: Eeyup. [splash] Apple Bloom: Boy, I just can't believe all the things that Flim Flam Tonic can do! Applejack: When somepony says somethin's too good to be true, it usually is. Apple Bloom: You mean Granny wasted her money? Applejack: Well, I don't know about that, but I don't think there's a tonic in Equestria that can make an old pony young again. Granny Smith: Howdy! Apple Bloom: Granny?! Applejack: Hang on now! We'll get ya! [splash] Applejack: [grunts] [splash] Apple Bloom: Granny, I thought you were too afraid of the water to swim! And, and what about your hip?! Granny Smith: Well, I reckon it might have been a problem before I had myself a dose of that there Flim Flam Tonic! Applejack: I'm not so sure that tonic really does anythin'. Granny Smith: Doesn't do anythin'?! What d'you call this? [hums a tune] Applejack: I'm glad you're feelin' good, but how do you know it's from the tonic? Granny Smith: I looked out at the water this mornin' and I felt the same terrifyin' aches and pains I always do. But one sip of that magic elixir and it all went away! Why, I might even get a head start on my chores! What do you say, Big Mac-a-doo? Up for a little afternoon applebuckin'? Big McIntosh: Uh, no. Granny Smith: Oh, quit your bellyachin'! Apple Bloom: Gee, it looks like that tonic works after all! I wonder what's in it. Applejack: I think maybe it's time we found out. [Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic in background] Apple Bloom: So you're just gonna walk up and ask them how it works? Applejack: I guess. Though if it's a genuine cure, I don't suppose they'll be too keen on sharin' the recipe. [Silver Shill] –out the door! Apple Bloom: Wait a second! That's that same pony from before! Applejack: Hey! [thudding] Applejack: Now hold it right there, Mister...? Silver Shill: Shill. Silver Shill. Ooh, what do you two want? Applejack: Our Granny took some tonic and we want to know how it works. Apple Bloom: Granny couldn't swim before, and now she can. Just like you couldn't walk and now you can. But what are you doin' back here? I mean, if the tonic cured you and all... Silver Shill: [gulps] Applejack: ...Because he's part of the act! It's time for you to tell the truth! You never needed crutches at all, did ya? Silver Shill: I, uh... [whistles blowing] Applejack: Hey! Huh? Flim: Well, if it isn't our most favorite Apple! Flam: What brings you back to our humble abode? Applejack: You two charlatans sold my Granny a bottle of tonic, and now she's off actin' like a filly again. Flim: What's so bad about that? Applejack: If she keeps gallavantin' around like a yearlin', she's apt to drop from exhaustion or worse! What's more, I know for a fact that your friend here is dressin' up as a different pony every night so he can pretend to be cured! Flam: Well, well, well, that's quite an accusation. Flim: But let's say that it's true... Flam: Hypothetically... Flim: Theoretically... Flam: As I understand, your Granny was a famous aquapony. Flim: The star of the show, once upon a time. Flam: But hasn't set so much as a hoof in the water since. Applejack: Until today, that's right. Flim: Well, then even if our tonic were nothing more than a mixture of apple juice and beet leaves... Flam: Hypothetically... Flim: Theoretically... Flam: The fact is that Granny is happier now than before she tried it. Applejack: I guess... Flim: So, the question is... Flam: Do you really want to be the pony who takes all that happiness away? Applejack: I... Apple Bloom: There you are! I've been lookin' all over! Did you find out what's in the tonic? Applejack: Honestly, Apple Bloom... as long as it works, I... don't suppose it really matters. Apple Bloom: Well, if it doesn't matter to you, then it doesn't matter to me either, sis. Flim: That's the spirit! Flam: Come back anytime! [splashing] Apple Bloom: Hey, Granny! Think you can buck me over the water? Granny Smith: I don't see why not! Come on, Big Mac, toss her this way! Applejack: Granny, wait! Granny Smith: Woo-hoo-hoo! Apple Bloom and Granny Smith: [laughing] Granny Smith: Uh, what were you sayin', dear? Applejack: Granny, don't you think you should take it kinda easy? Granny Smith: I've been takin' it easy for too long! And now, thanks to that Flim Flam Tonic, I don't have to! [splash] Apple Bloom: Granny, you think I could be an aquapony like you? Granny Smith: Of course you can, sapling. There's nothin' to it but to do it! Apple Bloom: Well, the Ponyville swim meet is comin' up. We could enter together! A legendary water pony like you? We'd be a cinch to win! Granny Smith: Mm, ee, uh, I don't know... Bein' back in the water is one thing, but a competition is a pony of a different color. Apple Bloom: Oh. Okay. Applejack: I don't know, Granny. A swim meet sounds pretty safe. And after all, if that tonic lets you swim in a river and a swimmin' hole, a pool should be no problem at all. Granny Smith: Well, I'll be a tart turnover, you are right! All we need now is more tonic! [ponies chattering] Flam: Welcome, friends, and step right up! The next show starts in five minutes! Flim: But why not buy your tonic now and avoid the rush? Flam: Right this way, good sir! Granny Smith: We'll take the whole case! [bits clinking] "Jinx": Are you saying this stuff actually works? Applejack: It seems to work for Granny. Flim: You heard it here first, folks! Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic is Granny Smith-tested and Applejack-approved! "Jinx": If Applejack says it works, that's good enough for me! [ponies chattering excitedly] [bits clinking] [splash] [ponies clapping and cheering] [splashing] Apple Bloom and Granny Smith: Hoo-ha, hee-hee, ha-hoo-ha! Applejack: Just remember, you two. The most important thing is to be safe and have fun, right? Granny Smith: Fiddlesticks! With the routine we've been workin' on, I'll be a plum puddin' if we don't win this thing! Applejack: Uh... good luck, then! Granny Smith: Luck? Pfft, who needs luck? We got tonic on our side! Flam: Flim Flam's Magical Curative Tonic! Flim: Get your Applejack-approved tonic! Granny Smith drinks it – why shouldn't you? [ponies cheering] Applejack: [sighs] Right. Granny Smith: Now, if'n you'll excuse us, we got some swimmin' to do! [splashing] [ponies cheering] Applejack: Well, I'll be... [cameras clicking] Snappy Scoop: That was some of the most amazing aquabatics I've ever seen! How in Equestria did you do it? Hard work? Lots of practice? [clicks camera] Granny Smith: Yeah, but mostly it's the tonic! Flim: That's Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic, to be precise. Flam: Buy it now while supplies last. [ponies chattering] Applejack: What are you doin' here? Silver Shill: Oh, things are going so well, Flim and Flam gave me a promotion! Just made my first bit as a salespony. No more costumes for this pony. [beat] This is more of a uniform. Applejack: If you say so. Silver Shill: I used to wonder if I was doing the right thing. You know, pretending to be cured, basically lying to folks about this tonic. But thanks to you, I realized that sometimes honesty isn't the best policy. Applejack: Thanks to... me? Apple Bloom: With Flim Flam's magical Curative Tonic, my Granny can do anything! Just ask Applejack! [cameras clicking] Applejack: No! This has gotta stop! If ponies keep believin' that tonic can do things it can't, who knows what'll happen? Silver Shill: Maybe something like that? Applejack: [gasps] Granny! What in blazes does she think she's doin'?! Apple Bloom: Granny's gonna break the Equestria high divin' record! Applejack: Land sakes! Granny Smith: [glugs] Applejack: [catching breath] [gasps] [whip cracking noises] Granny Smith: [yelps] Now what in tarnation did you do that for?! Applejack: That was the most fool-pony thing I've ever seen anypony do in all my life! You can't do a dive like that! Granny Smith: Oh, quit your fussin'! I had enough tonic to do a dive ten times as high! Flim: Twenty times, by my count. Flam: Thirty, with a favorable breeze. Applejack: I hate to disappoint everypony, but there's no way Granny could have made that dive, because this tonic is a fake! [crowd gasps] "Jinx": But you gave it your staff of approval! Rainbowshine: Are you saying you lied? Applejack: ...I am. [crowd gasps] Applejack: I didn't mean to! But everypony seemed so much happier, I couldn't bring myself to tell you when I found out the tonic wasn't real. I know it was wrong. I just hope with time, I can win back everypony's trust. Apple Bloom: But if the tonic is a fake, then how come Granny can swim again, and what about all that aquabatics stuff we just did? Applejack: I reckon sometimes you can forget what you're capable of, and it just takes a little extra confidence to remember that it was inside of you all along. But tellin' ponies your tonic can do things it can't is just wrong! Flim: But you just said it boosts confidence! Flam: And that's not all it does, folks– Silver Shill: Yes, it is! In fact, it's not a tonic at all! I know, 'cause I helped make it! Watching Applejack save Granny and then admit to lying, well, that made me realize I was making ponies believe in a thing that just wasn't so! Applejack: Believin' in somethin' can help you do amazin' things. But if that belief is based on a lie, eventually it's gonna lead to real trouble. Silver Shill: Thank you, Applejack. I got this through dishonest means. That was a mistake I won't be making again! I'd like you to have it, as a reminder of how you helped me finally see the truth. Applejack: I don't know... Silver Shill: Oh, don't worry. I'll track down the pony I sold that worthless tonic to and give him another bit to replace this one! Honest. Applejack: I'm sorry, Granny. I hope this doesn't mean you'll stop swimmin'. Granny Smith: Why in tarnation would I do that? I just can't believe those two salesponies had me believin' I could near fly! Hey, where'd they go? Applejack: Bein' honest sure gets hard when it seems like the truth might hurt somepony you care about. But I think believin' a lie can end up hurtin' even more. Maybe some ponies don't care about that – but I sure ain't one of them. Now you take it easy there, Granny! Granny Smith: Oh, I plan to! Hoo, ha, ha-whee! [splash] Apple Bloom: [laughing] [credits]
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