Dancing Tides (111 page)

“
W
ould
y
ou look
a
t
J
ac
k tossing
th
a
t b
a
ll
ar
ound
?
”

C
a
ptiv
a
t
e
d, Co
r
d in
c
h
e
d
c
los
er
.
“
H
e looks like
a
little
wea
s
e
l.”

“
S
a
me
fa
mi
l
y
.”
W
h
e
n
J
ac
k st
ar
t
e
d movi
n
g
his litt
l
e
b
a
nd
a
g
e
d h
ea
d
b
ac
k
a
n
d
f
o
r
th,
Ke
e
g
a
n
s
a
id,
“T
h
a
t
’
s his
w
a
y
of
s
a
y
i
n
g
h
e
llo.”

“
W
e
ll,
I
’
ll be
d
a
mn
e
d.
He
y
, little
g
u
y
.
W
h
a
t h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d to his h
ea
d
?
”

She
we
nt into the
p
r
op
e
ll
e
r
th
e
o
r
y
,
r
i
g
ht
a
lo
n
g
w
i
t
h the
sl
a
sh
e
s
a
lo
n
g
his b
e
l
l
y
.
“
W
o
w
, th
e
se
g
u
y
s
r
e
a
l
l
y
g
e
t
b
ea
t up in the
o
c
ea
n,
don
’
t th
e
y
?
I
s it ok
a
y
to tou
c
h his h
ea
d
?
”

“
Su
re
.
I
n
f
ac
t
I
h
a
ve
to
f
e
e
d him.”

“He’
s so
f
u
r
r
y
a
nd his
h
a
nds look like
little
b
a
b
y
mitt
e
ns,”
Co
r
d
rea
li
z
e
d.

“
W
a
it until
y
ou s
e
e
th
e
m
ea
t.”
She
e
x
pl
a
in
e
d how
a
dult ott
er
s
f
ish
e
d
f
or
th
i
n
g
s like
c
l
a
ms
a
nd sn
a
ils
a
nd us
e
d a
r
o
c
k to b
rea
k th
e
m op
e
n to
g
e
t
w
h
a
t
’
s insid
e
.
“
B
ut toni
g
ht
J
ac
k
w
ill
g
e
t a bottle
of
P
e
di
a
l
y
te
until
h
e’
s
r
e
a
d
y
f
or
som
e
thi
n
g
mo
r
e
solid.”

“
L
i
k
e
w
h
a
t
?
”

“
L
i
k
e
g
r
ound
f
ish mi
x
e
d up
w
ith his milk.”

“
I
sn
’
t P
e
di
a
l
y
t
e
w
h
a
t th
e
y
f
ee
d hum
a
n
b
a
bi
e
s?
D
o
e
sn
’
t he
n
e
e
d to be
in or
a
t l
ea
st
ar
ound
wa
t
er
?
”

“
W
e’
ll
g
e
t him th
e
r
e
…
e
v
e
ntu
a
l
l
y
.
H
e’
s
f
ine
f
or
n
o
w
.
A
nd
y
e
a
h,
s
a
me
thing th
e
y
g
ive in
fa
nts.”

“
So h
e’
s
g
oing
to
b
e
a
ll
r
i
g
ht?
He’
ll
g
e
t to
g
o
b
ac
k
w
h
er
e
h
e
ca
m
e
fr
om
?
”

“He’
s
b
e
tt
er
.
B
ut not
a
ll of
th
e
m
w
ill be
re
l
e
a
s
e
d
b
ac
k
into the
w
ild.
T
h
e
y
’
ll st
a
y
h
e
r
e until
w
e
f
ind th
e
m a
z
oolo
g
i
c
a
l solution
w
h
er
e
th
e
y
c
a
n live
s
a
f
e
w
ithout
f
e
a
r
of
b
e
i
n
g
hunt
e
d,
o
r inju
re
d.”

H
e
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s she
put on
l
a
t
e
x
g
lov
e
s,
g
ot out a
s
y
r
in
g
e
,
a
nd
f
ill
e
d it
w
ith m
ed
i
c
in
e
.
“Y
our
bio didn
’
t m
e
ntion
y
ou
w
er
e
a
v
e
t
?
”

“T
h
a
t
’
s b
e
ca
use
I
’
m not
.
”

“
W
h
y
not
?
”

He
r
b
r
ow
f
u
rr
o
we
d.
“
W
h
a
t do
y
ou m
e
a
n
?
”

H
e
wa
t
c
h
e
d h
e
r
c
h
a
n
ge
the
o
tt
er’
s b
a
n
d
a
g
e
.
“
I
sn
’
t
this
e
x
ac
t
l
y
w
h
a
t a
v
e
t
d
o
e
s
?
”