- One night, when she is six months pregnant and living in the middle of the Tralfamadorian zoo, Montana asks Billy to tell her a story.
- Billy tells her that Dresden, Germany, was destroyed on February 13, 1945.
- He tells her about the guards who looked like a barbershop quartet and the remains of people caught in the firestorm all over the city.
- He tells her the ruins of the city looked like the moon.