Dancing Tides (120 page)

“Are
n
’
t
y
ou
af
r
a
id h
e’
ll
b
it
e
?
”
Co
r
d
a
sk
e
d, g
e
nui
n
e
l
y
c
on
c
e
r
n
e
d
f
o
r
h
e
r
s
a
f
e
t
y
.

“Na
h, this
g
u
y
’
s too
w
ea
k to put up mu
c
h of
a
f
i
ght.
Are
n
’
t
y
ou, S
a
m?
Y
o
u look like
a S
a
m to m
e
,”
she
c
oo
e
d
a
s she
c
ontinu
e
d to
r
ub his little
h
ea
d in
a
n
a
tt
e
mpt to k
ee
p him
ca
lm.

“
S
a
m, huh
?
”
Co
r
d s
a
id
a
s th
e
y
m
a
d
e
th
e
ir
w
a
y
to the
r
o
c
k
y
slop
e
.
“
H
ow
d
o
y
ou int
e
nd to
g
e
t him b
a
c
k up
?
”

“G
ood qu
e
stion.
I
g
u
e
ss
w
e
use
the
tub
a
f
t
e
r
a
ll,
a
nd
car
r
y
him th
a
t
w
a
y
.”

R
e
lu
c
t
a
nt
l
y
she
l
e
t
g
o
o
f
S
a
m, pl
ace
d him in the
c
ont
a
in
e
r
a
nd l
e
t St
e
ve
a
n
d Co
r
d h
ef
t the
we
i
g
ht, t
a
k
e
point,
ca
r
r
y
i
ng
him
w
hile
she
b
r
o
u
g
ht
up the
re
a
r
.
T
he
a
s
ce
nt
u
p took mu
c
h lon
g
e
r th
a
n the
hike
do
w
n.
B
ut
on
c
e
th
e
y
g
ot b
a
c
k to the
s
ce
nic
ov
e
r
h
a
n
g
, Co
r
d
p
oint
e
d out,
“
S
a
m if
it
’
s a
g
i
r
l, S
a
m if
it
’
s a
b
o
y
.
G
ood
ca
ll,
y
ou
ca
n
’
t lose
e
ith
e
r
w
a
y
.
”

“E
x
ac
t
l
y
.”

“E
v
e
r
y
r
e
s
c
u
e
g
e
ts a
n
a
m
e
?
E
l
m
er
?
”

“Yea
h.
I
t
s
ee
ms
r
u
d
e
not to
ca
ll th
e
m som
e
thing
w
hile
th
e
y
’
r
e
in our
ca
r
e
.
A
nd
E
lm
e
r
the s
e
a
lion sounds a
lot like
E
lm
e
r
F
udd
w
h
e
n he
b
ar
ks.
H
e
h
a
s a
bit of
a
stutt
er
.”

N
ot
f
or
the
f
i
r
st time
th
a
t
d
a
y
,
h
e
r
e
a
li
z
e
d th
e
y
did
h
a
ve
a
g
r
ea
t d
e
a
l in
c
o
m
mon
af
t
e
r
a
ll.
W
h
e
n h
e’
d
f
i
r
st t
a
k
e
n the
job
a
t the
far
m, h
e
’
d thou
g
ht it
wa
s sil
l
y
on his p
a
r
t to n
a
me
e
a
c
h of
the
c
o
w
s.
B
ut no
w
,
h
e
c
ons
i
d
ere
d th
a
t m
i
g
ht just be
e
ith
e
r
a
qui
r
k
y
p
ar
t
o
f
his p
er
son
a
li
t
y
o
r
the
f
un p
ar
t of
his job.

O
n
c
e
th
e
y
g
ot b
a
c
k to the
t
r
u
c
k,
K
ee
g
a
n t
r
a
ns
f
e
r
r
e
d the
pup into one
of
the
c
a
g
e
s, k
ee
pi
n
g
him
wra
pp
e
d up
in the
we
t to
we
ls.

“T
h
a
nks
f
or
c
oming
out,
Ke
e
g
a
n.
I
don
’
t know
w
h
a
t
we’
d h
a
v
e
done
w
ith him if
w
e didn
’
t h
a
ve
the
c
e
nt
e
r
so
c
lose
b
y
,
”
St
e
ve
s
a
id.

“T
h
e
n it
’
s a
g
ood thi
n
g
we’
r
e
on
ca
ll t
we
n
t
y
-
f
ou
r
-
s
e
v
e
n, huh
?
”
Ke
e
g
a
n
c
r
ac
k
ed
.

“D
o
y
ou think h
e’
ll m
a
ke
i
t
?
”