“There is a great deal of natural beauty here in the zone. The plants, the trees, the little streams…” “The ponies!” Ekaterin considered the surly animals they’d viewed from the air, and tried to come up with a positive remark. Positive seemed to be working, here. “Ponies have fuzzy ears. And velvety noses.” “And big yellow teeth!” Jadwiga giggled. “They bite!”
