Dancing Tides (17 page)

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b
a
tt
ere
d, bl
a
c
k
a
nd si
l
v
e
r
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a
id
e
rs
b
a
s
e
b
a
ll
c
a
p
t
ug
g
e
d d
o
w
n low
hid p
ar
t
of
a
m
a
ss of st
ra
i
g
ht
r
e
d h
a
ir
sh
e
’
d t
r
i
e
d to bundle
a
t the
n
a
p
e
of
h
e
r
n
e
c
k to k
ee
p it out
o
f
h
e
r
w
a
y
.
T
he
a
tt
e
mpt h
a
d b
ee
n in v
a
in of
c
ou
r
s
e
,
a
s the
d
a
mp
w
ind
w
re
a
k
e
d h
a
voc
on the
bulk of
it,
w
hi
c
h no doubt
g
a
v
e
h
e
r
a
n unk
e
mpt,
w
i
ndblo
w
n look.

A
t the
mom
e
nt, she
rea
l
l
y
c
ould
h
a
ve
c
are
d
l
e
ss
a
bout h
e
r
r
umpl
e
d
a
p
p
ea
r
a
n
ce
.
A
f
t
e
r
a
ll, the
b
a
b
y
s
ea
lion
w
oul
d
n
’
t
ca
r
e
w
h
a
t she
look
e
d
like
on
c
e
she
lo
c
a
t
e
d him.

He
r
b
r
ow
c
r
ea
s
e
d
w
h
e
n
s
he
not
e
d the
h
e
a
v
y
m
ar
i
n
e
l
a
y
e
r
f
o
r
ming
o
f
f
the
p
o
r
t bo
w
.
“H
mm,
w
e
h
a
v
e
to hu
r
r
y
a
nd
f
ind this little
g
u
y
t
o
ni
g
ht or
w
e’
ll lik
e
l
y
g
e
t
c
a
u
g
ht out in the
wea
th
e
r
,”
she
mutt
e
re
d to h
e
r
d
o
g
,
G
uinn
e
ss, a
fe
is
t
y
c
ho
c
ol
a
te
L
a
b th
a
t
a
do
re
d the
w
a
t
e
r
a
lmost
a
s mu
c
h
a
s she
d
i
d.
“
W
e
don
’
t
wa
nt to
g
i
v
e
up on him but…l
e
t
’
s
f
a
c
e
it, in th
re
e
hou
r
s
w
e should h
a
ve
spott
e
d him
b
y
no
w
.
”

G
uinn
e
ss g
a
ve
a
b
ar
k
a
s if
he
kn
e
w
s
h
e
wa
s
w
e
i
g
h
ing
the
p
r
os
a
nd
c
ons of
s
t
a
y
i
n
g
out lon
g
e
r
a
nd he
n
ee
d
e
d to
s
om
e
how
be
the
voi
c
e
of
r
ea
son.

She
mi
g
ht be
a
ble
to st
r
e
t
c
h
a
noth
e
r
ho
u
r
y
e
t b
ef
o
r
e
the
f
o
g
b
a
nk
r
oll
e
d in. She
h
a
d tho
r
ou
g
h
l
y
s
e
arc
h
e
d the
b
a
y
a
nd still h
a
d s
ee
n no
si
g
n of
a
dist
r
e
ss
e
d
a
n
y
t
h
in
g
, l
e
t
a
lone
a
n inju
re
d s
e
a
lion pup. She
h
a
t
e
d to think the
little
g
u
y
m
i
g
ht not m
a
ke
it th
r
ou
g
h the
n
i
g
ht if
she l
ef
t him out h
er
e
w
ith a
f
l
e
sh
w
ound.

B
ut sh
e’
d l
e
ar
n
e
d lo
n
g
a
g
o
f
r
om th
a
t s
a
me
g
r
a
nd
f
a
th
e
r
it
wa
s
f
oolish to thumb h
e
r
nose
a
t b
a
d
wea
t
h
e
r
or
t
e
mpt
f
a
te
w
h
e
n it
c
on
c
e
r
n
e
d Mot
h
e
r
Na
tu
r
e
,
e
sp
e
c
i
a
l
l
y
w
h
e
n it h
a
pp
e
n
e
d ov
e
r the
wa
t
er
.

Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
h
a
d b
ee
n
a
n in
cre
dib
l
y
g
e
ntle
soul
w
h
e
n it
ca
me
to d
e
d
i
ca
ting
his li
f
e
to t
a
king
c
ar
e
o
f
m
ar
ine
m
a
mm
a
ls or
a
n
y
ot
h
e
r
t
y
pe
of
a
nim
a
l in dist
re
ss. A
v
e
t
er
in
ar
i
a
n,
w
ho nu
r
tu
re
d
a
nd
r
e
h
a
bilit
a
t
e
d
a
ll
t
y
p
e
s of
w
ildli
f
e
ov
e
r
the
y
e
ar
s,
w
ho
ca
r
e
d
f
or
th
e
m so mu
c
h th
a
t h
e’
d t
a
k
e
n his inh
er
it
a
n
c
e
fr
om a
o
n
ce-
th
r
ivi
n
g
t
r
ust
f
und
a
nd st
ar
t
e
d his
o
w
n non
-
p
r
o
f
it
a
nim
a
l
re
s
c
ue
o
r
g
a
ni
z
a
tion.
Tha
t
wa
s Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
.