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Author's note: German "Drahtesel" (wire mule) is an informal way of referring to a bicycle.
Niko and Doc, together with Ambassadors Waldo and Zozo, were on a scientific mission on Iowa-Constance, an agricultural earth colony.
The two rangers had spent the morning talking to local farmers and taking some soil samples. Waldo and Zozo joined them for lunch.
"We have just returned from our visit to the lake region," Zozo announced gleefully.
"Isn't that region famous for its scenery?" Niko inquired.
"It was great. They are growing all kinds of vegetables in that region," Zozo enthused.
"We saw their green houses, the irrigation of their cabbage fields, their orchards, their corn fields, how they grow kohlrabi and harvest their tomatoes ..."
Waldo seemed certainly less enthusiastic than his Kiwi friend.
"It was a diplomatic visit, Zozo. We had to visit those fields."
"Come on, Waldo, you are just disappointed that there were no mathematical diversions."
"I would have preferred it if they had chosen a more comfortable method of transportation. It was quite misleading when they told us we would be using wire-mules."
"Hey, it wasn't me who programmed the translation unit. They are speaking some strange German-English dialect here. Besides, wasn't it fun riding on those bicycles? It is almost like the tricycles we have for our kids on Kirwin. And this way, we could get a really good look at the fields."
"Bicycles?" Doc asked, surprised. "Do they have tracks for that here?"
"They certainly know how to build tracks of great length within a limited surface," Waldo admitted.
"And they have many signs," Zozo added.
"Yes. So many that without the global navigation system, we would have had trouble sticking to the right track out of 100 similar ones," Waldo complained.
"Just what didn't you like about it, Waldo?"
"It was undignified."
"Why don't you sit all down and enjoy your lunch?" Niko tried to soothe them.
Waldo looked uncomfortable. "I would rather stand after the long journey."
Zozo smirked. "He just thinks that would be undignified for him at the moment as well."