“Yuppers, I was just cleaning crumbs from under the tables before the mousies find them and infest Sugarcube Corner which would make Mrs. Cake shriek like you just did, except she would say ‘mouse!’ instead of ‘me,’ unless I was a mouse but you looked like you were on the horns of a conundrum or hooves of a dilemma and I thought that you needed some cheering up because you look so tired and pensive and so I brought you a carrot cheesecake.” Pinkie placed a plate on the table with a flourish.