2 files changed, 51 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
index 52531a3520..89b7945c78 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
@@ -96,11 +96,31 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def first(*args)
-        first_or_last(:first, *args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:first, *args)
+      end
+
+      def second(*args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:second, *args)
+      end
+
+      def third(*args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:third, *args)
+      end
+
+      def fourth(*args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:fourth, *args)
+      end
+
+      def fifth(*args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:fifth, *args)
+      end
+
+      def forty_two(*args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:forty_two, *args)
       end
 
       def last(*args)
-        first_or_last(:last, *args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:last, *args)
       end
 
       def build(attributes = {}, &block)
@@ -526,7 +546,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         #   * target already loaded
         #   * owner is new record
         #   * target contains new or changed record(s)
-        def fetch_first_or_last_using_find?(args)
+        def fetch_first_nth_or_last_using_find?(args)
           if args.first.is_a?(Hash)
             true
           else
@@ -564,10 +584,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
 
         # Fetches the first/last using SQL if possible, otherwise from the target array.
-        def first_or_last(type, *args)
+        def first_nth_or_last(type, *args)
           args.shift if args.first.is_a?(Hash) && args.first.empty?
 
-          collection = fetch_first_or_last_using_find?(args) ? scope : load_target
+          collection = fetch_first_nth_or_last_using_find?(args) ? scope : load_target
           collection.send(type, *args).tap do |record|
             set_inverse_instance record if record.is_a? ActiveRecord::Base
           end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
index 10434734e3..a67b834a80 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
@@ -170,6 +170,32 @@ module ActiveRecord
         @association.first(*args)
       end
 
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the second record.
+      def second(*args)
+        @association.second(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the third record.
+      def third(*args)
+        @association.third(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the fourth record.
+      def fourth(*args)
+        @association.fourth(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the fifth record.
+      def fifth(*args)
+        @association.fifth(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as +first+ except returns only the forty second record.
+      # Also known as accessing "the reddit".
+      def forty_two(*args)
+        @association.forty_two(*args)
+      end
+
       # Returns the last record, or the last +n+ records, from the collection.
       # If the collection is empty, the first form returns +nil+, and the second
       # form returns an empty array.