oh! try duplicating the first layer (heres the button to do that: [link] then youll have 2 of the same layer (so, two ponies, one on top of the other.) delete the bottom layer(the one that isnt the copy) so you have one pony again. THEN try using the lasso tool and copy/pasting.from what ive seen, for some reason GIMP has issues with copy/pasting the first layer...