Dancing Tides (80 page)

“Na
h,
I
l
e
ar
n
e
d
m
y
l
e
sson.
N
o jumping
in
f
or
m
e
.
”

“
W
h
a
t
ar
e
y
ou doi
n
g
h
er
e
th
e
n
?
”
She
t
r
i
e
d to t
e
ll
i
n the
d
ar
k if
his
e
y
e
s lo
o
k
e
d
g
l
a
s
s
y
e
nou
g
h to
b
e
d
r
unk.
B
ut
w
h
a
t she
s
a
w
w
e
r
e
those
s
a
me
g
ol
d
e
n-b
r
o
w
n
e
y
e
s
w
ith just a
hint of
the d
e
vil in th
e
m.

H
e
didn
’
t s
ee
m to be
int
ox
i
ca
t
e
d, but
ra
th
e
r
s
a
d or
m
a
y
b
e
thou
g
ht
f
ul
a
nd b
r
oodin
g
.

N
ot a
g
ood s
i
g
n, she
tho
u
g
ht. C
a
utious, she
w
ond
e
re
d if
m
a
y
be
h
e
h
a
d
a
noth
e
r
w
e
a
pon.

“
I
ca
m
e
into to
w
n to s
e
e
y
o
u.
D
i
d
n
’
t
r
ea
li
z
e
th
er
e
wa
s a
b
i
g
-
a
ss
g
a
t
e
k
ee
pi
n
g
y
ou
f
r
om the
g
e
n
e
r
a
l public
until
I
g
ot to it.”

“Y
ou
ca
m
e
to s
e
e
m
e
?
O
h.
W
e
ll.
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t h
a
d t
i
me
to
wr
ite
a
c
ar
d to th
a
n
k
y
ou
f
o
r
the
f
lo
wer
s yet.
A
nd the
g
a
te
is
n
’
t to k
ee
p me
fr
om the
g
e
n
era
l public
but to k
ee
p
t
he
a
nim
a
ls s
afe
.
”

She
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s
G
uinn
e
ss
t
ra
ips
e
d ov
e
r
a
nd plopp
e
d his butt do
w
n n
ea
r
the
g
u
y
’
s
fee
t.
O
bvious
l
y
the
d
o
g
r
e
m
e
mb
ere
d him
fr
om the
n
i
ght b
ef
o
re
.

“
I
didn
’
t m
a
ke
the
t
r
ip i
n
to to
w
n to soli
c
it a
th
a
nk
y
o
u
f
o
r
the
f
lo
w
er
s.
I
d
r
o
ve
b
y
y
o
u
r pl
ac
e
e
ar
li
e
r
but it didn
’
t
s
ee
m
r
i
g
ht to stop
b
y
w
i
t
hout
ca
lling
f
i
r
st,
e
s
p
ec
i
a
l
l
y
on a
S
a
tu
r
d
a
y ni
g
ht
a
nd
a
ll.
I
didn
’
t kn
o
w
if
y
ou
h
a
d
c
omp
a
n
y
i
n
side
or
w
h
a
t.
A
nd
I
didn
’
t h
a
ve
y
our
numb
e
r so—”
A
lthou
g
h
h
e
h
a
d
f
ound a
numb
e
r
f
o
r
the
c
e
nt
e
r
on h
e
r
w
e
bsit
e
, he
d
i
dn
’
t m
e
ntion th
a
t no
w
. M
a
in
l
y
,
b
eca
u
s
e
h
e
’
d n
ee
d
e
d
a
n
e
x
c
use
to
g
e
t out of
th
a
t house
a
nd
c
ome
b
ac
k to the
s
c
e
ne of
l
a
st ni
g
ht.

A
s if
he
n
ee
d
e
d som
e
thing
to do
w
ith his big
h
a
n
d
s, Co
r
d
reac
h
e
d
f
or
t
h
e
d
o
g
’
s
h
ea
d
a
nd
g
a
v
e
him a
g
ood
r
ubbi
n
g b
e
hind both
ear
s.
“
W
h
a
t
’
s his n
a
m
e
?
”

“G
uinn
e
ss.
Y
ou kno
w
, l
i
ke
the
b
e
e
r
.
M
y
g
ra
nd
d
a
d h
a
d a
f
ond
n
e
ss
f
or
it.
H
e’
s the
one
w
ho n
a
m
e
d him.”

“
F
i
g
u
re
s.
I
’
ve
b
ee
n on
a
f
i
r
st
na
me
b
a
sis
w
ith
G
uinn
e
ss m
a
n
y
tim
e
s in
m
y
li
fe
.”