Dancing Tides (52 page)

O
n th
a
t sugg
e
stion, he
tot
a
l
l
y
a
g
r
ee
d. So he
took
t
he
ti
n
y
c
ar
d in his h
u
g
e
h
a
nd
a
nd s
cr
ibbl
e
d do
w
n his m
e
s
s
a
g
e
, m
a
ki
n
g
su
r
e
it
c
a
me
fr
om the
h
e
a
r
t.

Ke
e
g
a
n
h
a
d st
ar
t
e
d
h
e
r
d
a
y
t
r
ea
ti
n
g
the
s
e
a
lion pup sh
e’
d
f
in
a
l
l
y
lo
ca
t
e
d
o
n the
b
eac
h l
a
st ni
g
ht b
a
r
e
l
y
a
liv
e
, t
a
n
g
l
e
d in a
m
a
ss of
k
e
lp.
T
he
little
g
u
y
h
a
d su
f
fe
re
d a
si
x
-
in
c
h bite
w
ound th
a
t h
a
d p
re
t
t
y
m
u
c
h l
ef
t his
re
a
r
f
lipp
e
r
in
sh
re
ds.
F
r
om the
t
ee
th
m
ar
ks she
c
ould s
a
y
w
ith some
cer
t
a
in
t
y
the
b
ite
pr
ob
a
b
l
y
ca
me
fr
om a
mu
c
h l
a
r
g
e
r
p
re
d
a
t
o
r
like
a
s
har
k.

T
h
a
nks to
B
r
a
n Sulliv
a
n sho
w
ing
up
a
t midn
i
g
ht to do
e
m
e
r
g
e
n
c
y
su
r
g
e
r
y
on the
b
a
b
y
a
nd a
h
e
a
lt
h
y
dose
o
f
a
n
t
ibioti
c
s, this mo
r
ning
the
pup look
e
d a
lot mo
r
e
a
l
er
t.

“
W
e
ll, don
’
t
y
ou look
a
ll
c
hipp
er
,”
K
e
e
g
a
n
c
oo
e
d
a
t the
s
e
a
lion sh
e’
d ni
c
k
n
a
m
e
d
D
o
d
g
e
r b
eca
use
h
e’
d obvious
l
y
d
od
g
e
d
b
ec
omi
n
g
sh
ar
k s
u
pp
er
. She
st
r
ok
e
d his
f
ur
a
nd
a
dd
e
d,
“Y
ou look t
e
n tim
e
s b
e
tt
e
r
th
a
n
w
h
e
n
I
f
i
r
st s
e
t
e
y
e
s on
y
o
u.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
wa
s in the
p
r
o
ce
s
s of
doing
a
t
e
mp
era
t
u
r
e
a
nd
we
i
g
ht
c
h
e
c
k
w
h
e
n
A
b
b
y
bou
n
ce
d in b
e
t
wee
n the
r
o
w
of
l
a
r
g
e
indoor
c
a
g
e
s.
“H
o
w
’
s
our
n
ewe
st p
a
ti
e
nt
?
”

“
I
t
’
s
a
m
a
z
ing
w
h
a
t a
little
T
L
C d
o
e
s
a
lo
n
g
w
ith some
decen
t
f
ood.
I
sn
’
t t
h
a
t
r
i
g
ht,
D
odg
er
?
”

“D
o
d
g
er
?
”
A
b
b
y
sn
o
r
t
e
d
a
t the
ni
c
kn
a
m
e
.
“
I
sup
p
ose
th
a
t
’
s
f
ittin
g
.
H
ow
o
l
d do
y
ou think
D
odg
e
r
is
?
”

“Ha
s to be
a
r
ound
e
i
g
ht
months sin
c
e
s
e
a
lions usu
a
l
l
y
b
r
ee
d no l
a
t
e
r
th
a
n
J
u
l
y
.
B
ut his
we
i
g
ht’s do
w
n
a
nd he
lo
o
ks mu
c
h
y
ou
n
g
e
r
th
a
n t
h
a
t b
eca
u
s
e
h
e’
s
v
e
r
y
m
a
l
nou
r
ish
e
d
a
nd d
e
h
y
d
ra
t
e
d.
A
nd he
still
ac
ts like
he
wa
nts to nu
r
s
e
.”

“
I
c
ould bottle
f
e
e
d him,”
A
b
b
y
volunt
ee
r
e
d.
“A
n
d b
ef
o
r
e
y
ou
a
sk
I
a
l
rea
d
y
upd
a
t
e
d the
we
bsit
e
, post
e
d
a
ll the
n
e
w
photos
w
e
took
y
e
st
er
d
a
y
a
nd did a
lo
a
d of
to
we
ls.”

“O
k
a
y
.”
Ke
e
g
a
n smil
e
d.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t she
lik
e
d m
o
st
a
bout
A
b
b
y
.
T
h
e
g
i
r
l
wa
s
a
l
w
a
y
s
w
illing
to
g
o the
e
x
t
r
a
mile
o
r
a
tt
ac
k some
c
ho
r
e
w
ith
w
h
a
t
Ke
e
g
a
n d
ee
m
e
d h
e
r
“Ab
b
y
-
Spi
r
it.”

“T
h
a
nks
f
or
t
h
e
o
f
f
e
r
to
bottle
fee
d but
I
a
l
r
ea
d
y
g
ot him to nibble
on some
cra
b
m
ea
t.”
W
h
e
n she
s
a
w
the
dis
a
p
p
ointm
e
nt on
A
b
b
y
’
s
c
re
s
t
fa
ll
e
n
f
a
ce
, she
a
dd
e
d,
“
D
on
’
t look so do
w
n,
y
o
u still
g
e
t to monitor
h
i
s
f
ood int
a
ke
a
nd…”
She
pu
ffe
d out a
b
rea
th.
W
h
a
t the
h
e
ll.
“
I
g
u
e
ss it
w
ouldn
’
t hu
r
t to m
a
ke
up
a
bottle
a
nd s
e
e
how
it
go
e
s.
I
n
a
bout th
r
e
e
hou
r
s
he
g
e
ts t
ra
nspo
r
t
e
d outside
a
n
y
w
a
y
.”

“
Cool.
I
’
ll
g
o m
a
k
e
up the
f
o
r
mul
a
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
wa
t
c
h
e
d h
e
r
g
o
a
nd shook h
e
r
h
ea
d. She
w
ond
ere
d if
s
h
e
h
a
d
e
v
e
r
b
ee
n th
a
t bubb
l
y
a
nd
e
a
g
e
r
.
Y
e
a
h,
she
h
a
d.
A
t
ar
ound
t
e
n s
h
e’
d t
ra
il
e
d
af
t
e
r
h
e
r
g
r
a
n
d
p
are
nts like
a
b
a
b
y du
c
klin
g
.
I
t
w
a
s
a
lso
ar
o
und th
a
t
a
ge
sh
e’
d put
b
a
ll
e
t on the
b
ac
kbu
r
n
e
r
f
or
g
ood
a
nd
d
ec
id
e
d t
h
e
re
s
c
ue
ce
nt
e
r
h
e
ld h
e
r
fu
t
u
re.