Okay, let's see how your still life's comin' along, Kettle Corn!
Well, that certainly is...
round?
I can make it rounder.
I'm afraid that's all the time we have today.
We'll try somethin' else tomorrow.
But I like circle painting.
And on the way to figuring out what you're meant to do,
you'll find a ton more stuff you like!
That's what makes looking for your cutie mark so great.
Sorry everypony, we're closin' up shop.
We'll have to help you all tomorrow!
I don't know if we can help them tomorrow.
Working with blank flanks one at a time takes forever.
If only there was a way we could help
a whole herd of them at once.
That would be perfect!
We'd save time and they could help each other!
Just like we used to!
Oh, but it'd have to be somewhere big enough
to help all those blank flanks.
Somewhere outside, with tons of activities to try!
Are you two thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?
Cutie mark daycamp!
And I know just the place!
Applejack used to go there when she was little!
Camp Friendship! Oh, sorry.
I thought we were all gonna yell that one too.
Attention, all blank flanks!
And blank flank affiliates!
Come to our cutie mark daycamp
to find out what you're truly good at!
Bond with other blank flanks,
and find out what you're meant to do together!
Hey Rumble!
Oh hey Crusaders.
Look, I can't stop, I've gotta meet my brother for...
something.
No problem!
Just wanted to make sure you heard about our cutie mark daycamp!
The first session's tomorrow.
What'cha got there, little brother?
What? Oh, nothing. Come on!
I want to show you a new dive roll I'm trying.
Come one, come all!
Cutie mark daycamp is for blank flanks of all kinds!
Welcome, cutie mark campers!
Who's excited to be here?
We are!
Well, we're excited too!
At cutie mark daycamp, you'll be able to try all kinds of things!
Kayaking!
Horseshoe-tossing!
Circle-painting!
You can try 'em all!
But the most important thing is that you'll be tryin' them together.
That's what worked for us!
And I bet it'll work for these little guys too!
I thought you said we were gonna go practice
for the Wonderbolts Ponyville Extravaganza show!
I'm going to Wonderbolt practice.
You're going to cutie mark practice.
And we're glad to have you!
I can't believe your older brother is a Wonderbolt!
Uh, Rainbow Dash is practically my sister,
and she's a Wonderbolt too!
Do you know Spitfire?
I know she'll be mad if I'm late!
Now you have a good time and try some stuff.
Who knows what you'll be good at!
All right! Looks like we found the first activity of the day!
The horseshoe toss!
Well, wish I could stay and play,
but it's time to fly!
Have fun!
Come on, Rumble!
Step on up and show us how it's done!
No way he's as good as his brother!
Whoops.
Oh, it looks like I won't be getting
my cutie mark in the horseshoe toss...
Don't worry about it, Rumble!
Hardly anypony finds their calling on the first try.
Eh, I wasn't worried.
Good!
Cause there's a ton of other stuff to try.
We'll find you something you're good at.
Whoops.
Whoopsie.
Whoops.
The first and last lines
Have five sy-lla-bles but the
Mid-ddle has sev-en. It's called a haiku.
Whoops. I've tried it all,
Time to tell my brother this
Camp isn't for me.
Come on, Rumble, isn't it fun just trying stuff?
Not really.
Haiku cutie mark!
And I never would have tried
Without Skeedaddle.
That's what cutie mark daycamp is all about.
Working together and helping each other!
But I can still come back, right?
And maybe paint some circles?
Of course! Let's all meet right back here tomorrow.
Wow, I can't believe we got a cutie mark on the first day!
Yup! This camp was a pretty swell idea.
Everypony's really enjoyed it!
Everypony except Rumble.
He didn't have much luck with anything.
Trying to find out what you're meant to do can be frustrating.
You remember how long it took us to get our cutie marks?
I remember the nightmares.
Well, we can't let Rumble quit camp
just because he didn't find something he's good at.
We'll just have to convince him to come back and try harder!
Hey Rumble!
What are you all doing here?
We just want to apologize for not finding anything you liked today.
Oh. Whatever. It's fine.
It's not fine! It's frustrating, and we know what it's like.
I'm not frustrated!
It's okay! We've all been there.
But we won't give up on helping you.
We know you'll get your cutie mark.
Everypony does.
Actually, I don't need your help.
Because I don't want to get my cutie mark!
What?!
I- I must have hay in my ears,
because I thought I just heard Rumble say-
You heard right! I don't want my cutie mark!
He said it again!
Not wanting a cutie mark is like not wanting to breathe!
Everypony wants to know what they're meant to do!
Hmph! Not this pony.
Why?!
Because cutie marks are silly, and-
and they just force you into one thing your whole life!
That's silly. Having a cutie mark
doesn't mean you can't do other things!
Yeah! Our cutie marks are in helping
other ponies with their cutie marks,
but I still like makin' potions with Zecora!
And when was the last time you did that?
Um- I- I think it was, uh...
we've been pretty busy helpin' other ponies lately.
Oh, you mean doing the thing you got your cutie mark for?
The thing you're stuck doing for the rest of your life?
Okay, maybe we will be doing that more than anything else,
but we love being Cutie Mark Crusaders!
Well that's fine for you, but I'm not gonna be put in a box!
A blank flank who doesn't want a cutie mark?!
That's gotta be the strangest thing I've ever heard.
Granny always says,
"Some ponies have to find their own hay."
Are you sure she didn't mean find their own "way"?
Oh. That would make more sense.
I can't believe Rumble isn't interested
in getting his cutie mark either, but we can't force him.
Yeah, and we've got a whole camp full of ponies
who are interested in getting cutie marks!
Yeah, here he comes.
The fastest, most elite flyer in Equestria!
Thunderlane!
Urgh... I was gonna say me.
You're not the only pegasus in the family, you know?
Oh, sorry, little brother, you're right.
You might be the most elite flyer in Equestria some day,
but for now, you should try other things, too!
Speaking of which, aren't you supposed to be at camp?
Psh, that camp is for losers who can't do anything.
Great, so there's no pressure!
You can try everything and not be worried about looking bad.
I'm not worried about that.
I just don't want to get a cutie mark
in any of their ridiculous activities.
Well, you're still going back tomorrow.
You can't be a blank flank forever!
All right, cutie mark campers, that's it for jam-making!
But this is fun, and I didn't get my cutie mark yet.
What if I'm not good at anything else?
You don't get a cutie mark just because
you're good at something or even because you like it.
There's more to it than that.
I'm real good at painting circles,
but I got my cutie mark in haikus.
Which is what I like! But...
I'm still a blank flank like you.
So you can't get a cutie mark in something you like?
Now, we didn't say that.
You don't have to!
Rumble, you came back!
Say bye-bye to painting circles.
You'll be too busy haiku-ing from now on!
But... I like circles.
Come on, Rumble, that's not how cutie marks work.
So that's how cutie marks work?
Am I speakin' Olde Ponish?
I just said it wasn't!
Cutie marks are great, they say
Yeah, right!
They make you special in your way
But that special mark that's just for you
Will erase the stuff you liiiiiiike...
to do
So, no more painting?
No more haiku?
Rumble, stop! That's just not true!
So you're good at charming snakes
Too bad!
Or you bake delicious cakes
Oh, well!
Maybe there are lots of things
That you like to do
Well, the options get pretty stark
Once you got that cutie mark
Blank flanks are better
Nopony to tell you who you have to be
Blank flanks are better
Keep your spirit soarin' free
So listen up 'cause I ain't lyin'
Don't need no mark, so why keep tryin'?
If you like just bein' you
Then keepin' that blank flank blank
Is the thiiiiiiiing to do
Cutie marks don't limit you.
They only show you what you can do.
But... what if you can't do a thing?
These cutie marks are frustrating!
You say there's nothin' you can't do?
Yeah, exactly!
A blank flank is the way for you
It's no work to just be who you are
No hunt to be some cutie star
You're perfect just being you
Don't bother with what you cannot do
Blank flanks!
...are better
Nopony to tell you who you have to be
Blank flanks!
...are better
Keep your spirit soarin' free
So listen up 'cause I ain't lyin'
Don't need no mark...
...so why keep tryin'?
If you like just bein' you
Then keepin' that blank flank blank
Is the thiiiiiiiiiing to do!
That's it, blank flanks! Be proud of who you are!
You don't need some phony pony
telling you you're just one thing!
Blank flanks forever!
Blank flanks forever and ever!
Blank flanks!
Whoopee!
Now wait just an apple-pickin' minute, Rumble.
Where do you think you're leadin' our campers?
They're not your campers any more!
I'm starting a new camp.
Everypony on this side of the line is in Camp Blank Flanks Forever!
W-w-whoa, you can't be a blank flank forever!
That's just the kind of talk I'd expect
to hear from Camp Cutie Mark!
Which is why blank flanks need a camp
where we can enjoy being blank flanks,
and appreciate our blank flankiness
without being pressured to get a cutie mark!
Now hold on, everypony.
Blank flanks forever!
What just happened?!
Has everypony gone mad?!
In a word, yes!
I just can't see what we did wrong!
I thought everypony was having fun!
They were until that Rumble came and made a mess of things.
What are they doing now?
It looks like whatever they want.
Honestly, it's not all that different
from what they were doing here.
Then what was the point?
Point is that Rumble is a madpony who must be stopped!
Now calm down, Crusaders!
We just need to talk to him again.
The key is to remain calm.
Cutie marks make you special!
By putting you in a special little box!
Special!
Box!
Come on, Sweetie Belle.
I think you've remained calm long enough.
Kettle Corn, you covered your cutie mark?!
I'm blank flank again,
Keeping my options open!
I'm more than haikus.
You just haiku'd right then!
Don't let them get in your head!
You're an open ended question!
Blank flanks forever!
Whoa! You're cracking great!
Thanks! Oh no! What if I get a cutie mark in it?!
Then you'll be stuck doing it forever!
Blank flanks,
no more potential cutie mark activities!
Well, Cutie Mark Daycamp is a bust.
No it isn't! It's a swell idea!
We just can't seem to talk any sense into that, that Rumble.
Maybe we can't,
but I bet I know somepony who can!
Lemme get this straight.
my little brother upended your entire camp?
How in Equestria did he do that?
Well, it started when he couldn't toss a horseshoe
or paddle a kayak or shoot an arrow or use a pencil
and we felt bad that he wasn't good at anything
but now he doesn't want a cutie mark at all because
he's afraid he'll get stuck doing something
he doesn't like forever, you know?
No, I don't. Rumble's good at all that stuff.
That doesn't make a lick of sense. Unless...
he was bein' bad at stuff on purpose!
I was afraid of this...
Afraid of what?
Ever since I became a Wonderbolt, Rumble's either watching me,
or trying to fly like me.
He won't do anything else!
That's why I thought your camp was such a good idea.
I don't understand.
If Rumble wants to be a Wonderbolt someday,
what's wrong with that?
Not a thing. But right now,
he isn't giving anything else a chance!
Sounds to me like Rumble isn't afraid of bein' put in a box at all.
It doesn't?
Nope! I think Rumble's already picked out a box.
He's afraid he'll get a cutie mark that'll keep him from it.
I don't know how to say this, Rumble,
but Blank Flank Forever Camp is kinda...
Boring?
If we wanna stay blank flanks,
we can't risk doing stuff.
What if I get a cutie mark in being bored?
Attention blank blanks of Cutie Mark Daycamp!
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are pleased to announce today's special guest.
Thunderlane!
Hey everypony!
It's me!
Anypony who's interested,
gather round for a day of activities with a genuine Wonderbolt!
Ah, sorry Rumble, but cutie mark or not,
I'm not missing out on this!
Alright, campers,
it's time for our last activity of the day.
A Wonderbolt obstacle course!
Just like the one they'll fly through in their upcoming show!
But on the ground, since not everypony has wings.
Thunderlane, aren't you gonna run the course?
Nope! I know I'm a Wonderbolt,
and my cutie mark is all about moving fast,
but I really like to cook!
Since when?
We take turns making the meals at Wonderbolts HQ.
I didn't want to at first, but now I love it!
I just wish I'd tried it sooner.
You do?
Of course! There's more to me than just flying,
and I bet there's more to you, too.
Obstacles are fun,
Running free through mud and dirt,
Beats circle painting!
That haiku pretty well sums it up!
Looks like Thunderlane was right about
the obstacle course getting Rumble to come back over.
Hey Rumble, aren't you gonna do our Wonderbolt course?
I'm cooking today. Maybe I'll do the course tomorrow.
So you're comin' back tomorrow?
You're not worried about getting your cutie mark?
Nah, I already know I'm a good flyer,
it kinda runs in the family.
I guess it's time to see what other stuff I can do.
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