Base Nature (70 page)
to
me
than that c
r
ying and
sc
re
aming.”
“
Be
ca
u
se
y
o
u have
t
o
w
o
rr
y
if
sh
e’
s—”
She
c
u
t
h
er
s
e
lf
o
ff
wh
e
n
he
l
o
o
k
e
d
u
p,
face l
e
an
and
ha
r
sh in the
small am
o
u
nt
o
f
lamp light. H
e’
d
t
ur
n
e
d
a light
o
n in
the
c
o
r
n
e
r and
she
c
o
u
ld
s
e
e
the
w
r
ithing
o
u
tline
o
f
L
iv in
the
bed
.
H
e
r
b
o
d
y was
c
o
v
ere
d
with q
u
ilts
as she
shiv
ere
d
u
nc
o
nt
r
o
l
la
b
ly,
h
e
r
b
o
d
y
’
s
wi
re
s
c
o
mpl
e
t
e
ly
c
r
o
ss
ed
.
E
v
er
y
n
er
ve and
fi
be
r
o
f h
e
r
c
o
nf
u
s
e
d
a
nd
i
n c
r
isis.
“What can we
d
o
?”
“
N
o
thing.
N
o
t
a
d
amn
thing.
We can
sit,
wipe
h
e
r h
e
a
d
,
talk
to
h
er
,
t
r
y
t
o
give h
e
r liq
u
i
d
s.
Bu
t
m
o
stly, nat
ur
e
has to
take
its
c
o
ur
s
e
.
I
t
will acc
e
pt
o
r
re
j
e
ct
the
inv
a
si
o
n.
I
t will a
d
apt
o
r
d
i
e
.”
“
I’
m n
o
t
g
o
ing
t
o
d
i
e
,”
L
iv said
f
r
o
m the
bed
.
G
a
rre
t
t
t
ur
n
e
d
s
o
fast
to
t
o
u
ch
h
e
r
he
n
e
a
r
ly
f
e
ll
o
ff
the
bed
.
K
e
lly
w
o
u
ld
have
smil
e
d
at
that
had she n
o
t
bee
n
so c
o
nc
er
n
e
d
f
o
r
the small
e
r
w
o
man.
“I
be
li
e
ve
y
o
u
, h
o
n
e
y.
I
f
y
o
u’r
e
talki
n
g
wh
e
n
y
o
u’r
e
n
o
t
e
v
e
n
h
alfway
d
o
n
e
,
th
e
n
y
o
u a
r
e
o
ne st
r
o
n
g la
d
y.”
She
w
e
nt
t
o
L
iv and
kn
e
lt
b
y
the
bed
.
She
p
u
t
h
e
r
face
u
p
c
l
o
se
to
L
iv
’
s
so
she c
o
u
ld
s
e
e
h
e
r
cl
e
a
r
ly.
“Did
y
o
u
want
t
o
b
e
chang
ed
?”
“I
d
i
d
.”
L
iv
b
it
h
e
r
l
ip,
h
e
r
b
o
d
y
c
o
nt
o
r
ting
f
o
r
a
m
o
m
e
nt.
K
e
lly
s
m
o
o
th
e
d
h
e
r
w
e
t
b
angs
o
ff
h
e
r
fac
e
.
T
ou
ch
e
d
h
e
r
f
o
re
h
e
a
d
.
H
e
at
b
laz
e
d
o
ff h
e
r
a
nd
h
e
r
s
kin was
n
o
t
w
e
t n
o
w, it was
dr
y. D
r
y like
s
u
n-
b
ak
e
d
clay in the
s
u
mm
er
.
“
G
o
o
d
.
T
hank
y
o
u
f
o
r
answ
er
ing m
e
.”
“W
h
y
d
o
y
o
u n
ee
d
to
k
n
o
w
?
”
E
v
e
n
i
n
this
stat
e
,
the w
o
man
l
o
o
k
e
d
c
o
nc
er
n
ed
.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
d
a
r
t
e
d
t
o
G
a
rre
tt
a
nd
s
he
a
s
k
ed
,
“He
w
o
n
’
t
g
e
t in t
r
o
ub
l
e
,
will h
e
?”
“
A
nsw
er
s
wi
l
l
have
t
o
b
e
p
r
o
vi
ded
.
We
take
changi
n
g
s
o
m
eo
ne
v
er
y
s
er
i
o
u
sly.
V
er
y
s
er
i
o
u
sly.
G
a
rre
tt
is
the l
a
st
pack
m
e
m
be
r
I
w
o
u
ld
e
v
e
r
e
xp
e
ct
to change a
p
er
s
o
n. Y
o
u
m
u
st
b
e
v
er
y
sp
e
cial.” She
l
e
an
e
d
in
a
nd
k
iss
e
d
L
iv
o
n the
f
o
re
h
e
a
d
.
L
iv
l
oo
k
e
d sh
o
ck
e
d
bu
t
th
e
n
c
l
o
s
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s.
G
r
o
an
i
ng,
she
r
o
ll
e
d
to
h
e
r
b
ack.
“I ask
ed
,
I
be
gg
ed
.
I
want
e
d
it.
I’
ll
t
e
ll
th
e
m
mys
e
lf.
Wh
e
n
I’
m
be
tt
e
r
.”
She
s
niffl
e
d
s
o
ftly and
app
e
a
r
e
d
t
o
fall asl
ee
p.
K
e
lly
m
o
t
i
o
n
e
d
G
a
rre
tt
in
t
o
the
hall.
“
I’
m
g
o
ing
to
m
a
ke
y
o
u a
st
e
ak
a
nd
what
e
v
e
r
e
lse
I
can
sc
r
o
u
n
ge
u
p. Y
o
u
n
ee
d
to
e
at.”
“
I’
m n
o
t h
u
ng
r
y.”
“
I
t
d
o
e
sn
’
t
matt
er
,
y
o
u
r
b
o
d
y
is.
Y
o
u
k
n
o
w
h
o
w
this
g
o
e
s.
Y
o
u can
’
t
g
o
l
o
sing
a
bu
nch
o
f w
e
ight
and
l
e
tting
y
o
u
r
b
o
d
y
g
e
t
w
e
ak. She
n
eed
s
y
o
u
t
o
b
e
st
r
o
ng. St
r
o
ng
e
r than
y
o
u’
ve
e
v
e
r
bee
n.
W
o
lv
e
s
n
ee
d
f
oo
d
,”
she
said
and
g
r
a
bb
e
d
him
in
a
h
u
g.
H
e’
d take
h
e
r
h
u
g wh
e
th
e
r
he
lik
e
d
it
o
r
n
o
t.