`` as beautiful as this is , i 'd trade it any day for the view from the back porch . '' `` yours has been a dark and dangerous path , toby . '' and ill cancel your lease , mother . then we would at least have one less problem . i was snail slow , but i could hear the sounds of the road . `` i ca n't let ray harvest her soul . let me scramble down there and tell everyone . this was something else as well . `` who tried to poison our ponies ? '' 