"Oh, no, they're really nice." Martha won't hear words against zoos--not her zoos, anyway. Maybe some are cruel, but she loves visiting with Tharkay and looking at all the birds. Zoos are brilliant. "They aren't really cages--they make them look like where the animals would live in the wild. And then you get to see animals from all over the world."

"Caledonia! Oh, that's Scotland!" Martha's so excited at recognizing it that she doesn't realize until after her exclamation just how loud her voice grew. Oops. Saying a silent thank-you to Archie, she goes on, "Then Eboracon can't be Edinburgh, because that'd be past the wall. How close is it to the border?"