Dancing Tides (122 page)

“T
h
a
t
f
ish stu
f
f
sm
e
lls
r
a
nk.”

“H
mm, shouldn
’
t
y
ou be
us
e
d to
a
ll the
lov
e
l
y
ar
o
m
a
tic
sm
e
lls
ar
ound
a
n
i
m
a
ls sin
c
e
y
ou sp
e
nd p
ar
t of
y
our
d
a
y
m
u
c
king
out st
a
lls
?
”

“
Su
re
, but
f
ish is st
r
ong
a
nd
f
oul.”

“
W
o
r
k
ar
ound it long
e
n
ou
g
h tho
u
g
h, live
n
e
a
r
t
h
e
o
c
e
a
n,
y
ou
g
e
t us
e
d to
t
he
sm
e
ll.”
T
ilting
h
e
r
h
e
a
d, she
si
ze
d up the
b
a
b
y
s
ea
l
a
nd
d
e
c
id
e
d to
f
o
r
e
g
o t
h
e
f
e
e
ding
tub
e
.
F
r
om a d
raw
e
r
, she
d
u
g
out a
c
l
e
a
n
e
y
e
d
r
op
p
er
.
“
L
e
t
’
s t
r
y
this
f
i
r
st, S
a
m.”

She
f
ill
e
d the
ti
n
y
c
y
lin
d
e
r
w
ith
f
o
r
mul
a
,
w
a
t
c
h
e
d
a
s the
b
a
b
y
tu
r
n
e
d up its
nos
e
.
“
Come on no
w
, S
a
m.
D
on
’
t be
d
i
ff
i
c
ult.
I
t
’
s l
a
te
a
nd
y
o
u
’
r
e
st
ar
vi
n
g
.
A
dmit it.”
She
k
e
pt t
r
y
i
n
g
to
g
e
t h
e
r
int
ere
st
e
d in the
f
o
r
m
ula
b
y
d
a
bbing
t
h
e
e
nd of
the
e
y
e
d
r
op
p
e
r
a
t the
c
o
r
n
er
s of
h
e
r
mouth. P
re
t
t
y
soon the
b
a
b
y
o
p
e
n
e
d up
a
nd st
ar
t
e
d s
u
c
king
the
tip.
“N
o
w
w
e
’r
e
t
a
l
kin
g
.
Ge
t
a
t
a
ste
of this
a
nd
y
ou mi
g
ht
g
e
t a
bottle
of
P
e
di
a
l
y
te
inst
e
a
d of
the
f
e
e
ding
tu
b
e
.”

Co
r
d
g
l
a
n
ce
d
a
r
ound the
r
oom.
“
W
ith
f
our
p
a
ti
e
nts on bo
ar
d,
y
ou
’
r
e
g
e
tting
c
r
o
w
d
e
d in h
ere
.
A
b
b
y
told me
on t
h
e
w
a
y
in,
y
ou
g
u
y
s
a
r
e
r
u
nning
out of
sp
a
ce
.”

“
W
e’
ve
h
a
d t
w
i
c
e
this numb
e
r
of
p
a
ti
e
nts in the
p
a
st.
A
nd
y
e
a
h,
w
h
e
n
w
e
n
ee
d to,
w
e move
thin
g
s
ar
ound,
s
c
o
o
c
h tog
e
th
er
, th
a
t so
r
t of
thin
g
.
Ge
t up
c
lose
a
nd
p
er
son
a
l
a
nd
w
e’
r
e
like one
big
h
a
p
p
y
fa
mi
l
y
.”

H
e
we
nt
a
r
ound b
e
hind
h
er
, st
ar
t
e
d m
a
s
s
a
g
ing
h
e
r
should
er
s
w
ith his l
ea
n
a
nd long
f
in
g
e
r
s.

“
A
hhh, th
a
t
f
e
e
ls
e
x
ce
ption
a
l.
Y
ou h
a
ve
s
u
c
h big h
a
nds.”

“Y
ou know
w
h
a
t th
e
y
s
a
y
a
bout b
i
g
h
a
nds
,
”
he
w
hisp
ere
d in h
e
r
ear
.

T
h
a
t
g
ot a
l
a
u
g
h out of
h
er
.
“
I
tho
u
g
ht th
a
t
w
a
s
f
e
e
t—
a
nd
a
n u
r
b
a
n
m
y
th
.
”

“Ha
ve
y
ou
s
ee
n the
si
z
e
of
m
y
sho
e
s
?
”

“H
mm,
y
ou do
h
a
ve
l
a
r
ge
fee
t
.
”

“E
i
g
ht
e
e
ns,”
h
e
w
hisp
e
re
d.
“
W
a
nna
s
e
e
f
or
y
ou
r
s
e
l
f
?
”