Base Nature (14 page)

Watching

G
a
rre
t
t
sat
in
the chair
be
si
d
e
the
fal
l
ing-
d
o
wn
chain-
l
ink
f
e
nce
and wa
t
ch
e
d
h
e
r pac
e
.
L
iv
w
o
u
ld
pick
u
p
the
p
h
o
n
e
,
s
e
t
it
d
o
wn.
P
ick
it
u
p,
s
e
t
it
d
o
wn.
She
had c
ur
r
e
ntly
re
p
e
a
t
e
d
this acti
o
n
m
o
r
e
than a
d
o
z
e
n tim
e
s.

He kn
e
w
a
b
o
u
t
f
e
ar
a
nd
he kn
e
w
a
b
o
u
t
a
n
g
er
.
I
t
was
what
had lan
de
d
him
wit
h
o
u
t his pack
in a
h
o
rr
i
b
ly
c
ru
m
b
ling
fix
er
-
u
pp
e
r
i
n
the
fi
r
st
plac
e
.
Bu
t
with
o
ne
glimm
e
r
o
f
a smil
e
, he
re
aliz
e
d
it was also
w
hat
h
ad
lan
de
d
h
im ac
r
o
ss the
st
ree
t
f
r
o
m who
app
e
a
re
d to
b
e
the
m
o
st
in
de
cisive w
o
m
a
n
o
n
G
o
d’
s
g
ree
n
e
a
r
th.
Bu
t
it
wa
s
n
’
t
so m
u
ch
in
de
cisi
o
n as
d
amage
that had
L
iv
M
cC
o
y
—
h
e’
d
re
ad
h
e
r
mail
o
n the
e
nt
r
yway
ta
b
l
e
—
d
o
ing
this n
er
v
o
u
s
k
ind
o
f
d
anc
e
.

“Sh
e’
s
t
r
ying
to
de
ci
d
e
wh
e
th
e
r
o
r
n
o
t
to
call
the
c
o
ps.”
He
s
a
id
it
a
l
o
u
d
j
u
st
to
h
e
ar a
v
o
ic
e
,
e
v
e
n
if
it
was
h
i
s.
He
had
plant
e
d
the
s
ee
d
i
n
h
e
r
mind
t
o
re
p
o
r
t
that
ass
h
o
l
e
. He
h
o
p
e
d
she
w
o
u
l
d
.

F
inally,
she
s
e
t
the
ph
o
ne
in
its
b
ase
and
p
o
ure
d
h
er
s
e
lf
a
g
lass
o
f
w
i
n
e
.
G
a
rre
t
t c
o
u
ld
s
e
e h
e
r
cl
e
a
r
ly
th
r
o
u
gh
h
e
r
d
o
ub
l
e
-
h
u
n
g
f
r
o
nt
win
d
o
ws.
H
e’
d
h
a
ve
to
t
e
ll
h
e
r
in the
f
u
t
u
r
e
t
o
dr
aw
h
e
r
b
lin
d
s.
He
wa
t
ch
e
d
h
e
r
hit the
lights and
c
o
me
o
u
t
o
nto
the
h
u
ge f
r
o
nt
p
o
r
ch.
She
sat
o
n
the
s
wing
and
r
o
ck
ed
,
sipping
at
the
win
e
.
He
c
o
u
ld
s
m
e
ll
de
spair
c
o
m
i
ng
o
ff
h
e
r
e
v
e
n
f
r
o
m h
ere
.
G
a
rre
tt
sat far
b
ack
in the
sha
d
o
ws and cam
o
u
flagi
n
g
hims
e
lf
was
s
e
c
o
nd
n
at
ure
.
He
d
i
d
n
’
t
f
e
ar
d
isc
o
v
er
y
as
he
r
ais
e
d
his
h
e
ad and
sniff
e
d
the
air
t
o
pick
u
p
h
e
r
sc
e
nt.

Y
e
p,
th
er
e
it
was.
D
e
spair
a
nd
w
o
rr
y
and s
o
m
e
thing
sw
ee
t
e
r
.
I
nt
e
r
e
st.
G
a
rre
tt smil
ed
.

T
he
p
h
o
ne
r
ang
in
the
k
itch
e
n.
He
b
o
lt
e
d
f
o
r it,
w
o
n
der
ing
who
w
o
u
ld
b
e
calli
n
g
so lat
e
.
A
nd
d
id
he
re
ally
want
to
ta
l
k
to
th
e
m?
Bu
t
h
e’
d
a
nsw
e
r
the
call.
He c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
sit
o
u
tsi
d
e
and
spy
o
n
his
n
e
igh
b
o
r
s
all
n
ight.
H
e’
d
k
ee
p
al
er
t
f
o
r
a
n
y
sign
o
f
t
r
o
ub
le
o
v
e
r at
L
iv
’
s
place
j
u
st to
b
e
s
af
e
.