Dancing Tides (121 page)

“He’
s
d
e
h
y
d
ra
t
e
d
a
nd v
er
y
y
ou
n
g
.
B
ut
w
e
’r
e
g
o
o
d
a
t
w
h
a
t
w
e
do, so
y
e
a
h,
he
h
a
s a
g
ood shot
a
t
g
r
o
w
i
n
g
up
.
”

A
s soon
a
s th
e
y
s
e
ttl
e
d
b
ac
k inside
the
c
a
b of
the
t
r
u
c
k, Co
r
d look
e
d ov
e
r
a
t h
e
r
b
ef
o
r
e st
ar
ting
the
e
n
g
in
e
.
“Y
o
u
’r
e
som
e
thi
n
g
.
Y
ou know
th
a
t,
Ke
e
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
?
”

“
I
a
m
?
”

“Y
ou
a
r
e
.
T
h
a
t
c
u
t
e
little
g
u
y
n
e
e
ds
y
ou.”

“
Cute
a
s a
button now
b
u
t
w
ill
g
r
ow
to be
so mu
c
h
big
g
er
.
”

“
R
ea
l
l
y
?
”

A
nd
f
or
the
n
e
x
t t
we
n
t
y
minut
e
s she
f
ill
e
d him in
a
bout how
the
h
ar
b
o
r
s
e
a
l,
w
h
e
th
e
r m
a
le
or
fe
m
a
l
e
,
w
ould
g
r
ow
to a
minimum of
s
i
x
fee
t
a
nd
w
ould most lik
e
ly
w
e
i
g
h
c
lose
to
f
our hund
re
d pounds
a
s
a
n
a
d
ult.

T
he
minute
she
g
ot the
s
ea
l pup b
ac
k to the
ce
nt
e
r
a
nd into the
e
x
a
m
r
oom, she
s
e
t
a
bout
a
ss
e
ssing
his
c
ondition. She
st
re
t
c
h
e
d out
h
e
r
m
ea
s
u
r
ing
t
a
p
e
, jott
e
d do
w
n the
n
e
c
e
ss
a
r
y
st
a
tisti
c
s on a
not
e
p
a
d.

She
put the
b
a
b
y
on
a
s
c
a
le
a
nd
a
nnoun
c
e
d,
“T
w
e
l
ve
pounds.
Ve
ry
un
d
erw
e
i
g
ht.”

Co
r
d
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s she
p
e
r
f
o
r
m
e
d a
p
h
y
si
ca
l
e
x
a
m on the
l
e
th
a
r
g
ic
little
thing
a
nd
c
ouldn
’
t h
e
lp but think how
e
x
ce
ption
a
l she
wa
s
a
t
w
h
a
t s
h
e
did.
He’
d b
e
t mon
e
y
t
h
e
w
om
a
n didn
’
t
e
v
e
n
rea
li
z
e
she
wa
s
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
o
ne
p
ar
t v
e
t
e
r
in
ar
i
a
n.

Af
t
e
r
a
not
h
e
r
f
i
f
t
e
e
n minut
e
s or
so,
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
nno
u
n
ce
d,
“
I
’
d be
w
illi
n
g
to b
e
t t
we
n
t
y bu
c
ks
we’
v
e
g
ot a
f
e
m
a
le
h
ere
.”

“H
ow
c
a
n
y
ou t
e
ll
?
”

“
I
ca
n
’
t
r
e
a
l
l
y
—not
y
e
t
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
B
ut look
a
t how
t
i
n
y
she
is, not simp
l
y
u
n
d
erwe
i
g
ht but sm
a
ll.
A
nd s
e
e
this li
g
ht
g
r
a
y
c
olor
on the
un
d
er
b
e
l
l
y
a
nd t
h
e
spot p
a
tt
er
n?
T
h
a
t s
a
y
s
fe
m
a
l
e
to m
e
.
B
ut if
th
e
r
e’
s a
h
u
ge
we
i
g
ht
g
a
in
a
nd the
c
olor
c
h
a
n
g
e
s…”
He
r
vo
i
c
e
t
r
a
il
e
d o
f
f
a
s s
h
e op
e
n
e
d a
supp
l
y
c
a
bin
e
t,
took out
a
n int
ra
v
e
nous
f
ee
di
n
g
tube
a
nd
b
e
g
a
n to
mix
up
a
n
e
l
ec
t
r
o
l
y
te solution
w
ith
f
ish oil.