[Well, if he says so! She gives him another little smile, before leading the way.]

[It isn't all that far at all, and soon she's led him through the verdant pastures outside Ponyville and towards her little cottage near the woods.]

I'm back, everyone! And I brought a visitor! I hope you'll be nice to him.

[There's a lot of chirping and chittering from the trees, a bit of bustle from the chicken coop, and all manner of fuzzy rodents and happy birds darting about in greeting. This place is undeniably very well inhabited.]