The Sentinels without poisoning the soil

Sarah retreated a little, when Deirdre's face came so close to hers suddenly. "Oompf," she mumbled, staring at the ivory face in awe and admiration. The world - as it turned out - was full of giants and it did not occur to her that the real problem might have been that she was still very small herself. Though little, Sarah was no coward - her moment of surprise lasted for half-a-minute. In the next she had got her feet and with her stubby tail wagging happily behind her, she sniffed the girl's muzzle and, when she felft very confident of herself, she put one paw on the bridge of the nose, as if telling that this "object" belonged to her now.