Dancing Tides (126 page)

“
I
wa
nt
y
ou to k
e
e
p
a
n
e
y
e
on Minnie
a
nd th
e
n
go sp
e
nd some
time
w
ith the
b
a
b
y
s
ea
l
.
”

“
Shoot.
I
g
u
e
ss
w
ith the
b
a
b
y
s
ea
l
w
e
’
ll be
op
e
ni
n
g
f
ish s
c
hool
b
ef
o
r
e
lon
g
.
”

F
ish s
c
hool m
ea
nt th
e
y
h
a
d to t
eac
h the
b
a
bi
e
s h
o
w
to
rec
o
g
ni
z
e
a
nd
c
a
t
c
h
th
e
ir
o
w
n supp
er
,
ea
t
w
h
a
t th
e
y
c
a
u
g
ht b
e
ca
use
oth
e
rw
ise
t
h
e
m
a
mm
a
ls didn
’
t h
a
ve
a
c
lue
how
to do it b
eca
use
m
a
ma
wa
s
n
’
t
a
r
ound to
inst
r
u
c
t th
e
m in
t
he
ar
t of
su
r
vi
v
a
l.
I
f
not
f
or
f
ish s
c
hool th
e
y
w
ould n
e
v
e
r
m
a
k
e
it b
a
c
k in the
o
cea
n.

“
Most d
ef
init
e
l
y
,
”
K
ee
g
a
n
a
g
ree
d
a
s she
w
a
lk
e
d
P
e
te
to
w
h
e
r
e
Minnie
pl
a
y
e
d in h
e
r
o
w
n p
e
n.
“
B
ut
a
s soon
a
s Russ
e
ll
g
e
ts in she
g
o
e
s to t
h
e
tide
pool.
A
b
b
y
’
s in the
m
a
in building o
cc
upi
e
d
w
ith the
si
c
k
a
n
d inju
re
d.”

“
I
thou
g
ht
A
b
b
y
w
o
r
k
e
d
a
ll
wee
k
e
nd. She
us
u
a
l
l
y
g
e
ts Mond
a
y
s
o
ff
. S
e
e
t
h
is is
w
h
a
t
I
’
m t
a
lking
a
bout.
W
h
a
t h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d to
T
in
a
?
”

T
ina
Dr
a
y
ton
w
a
s
a
noth
e
r
volunt
ee
r
f
r
om S
c
otts
Va
ll
e
y
.
“T
ina
h
a
d
ca
r
t
r
o
u
bl
e
.
B
ut sh
e’
ll be
in b
ef
o
r
e
the
f
i
e
ld t
r
ip
g
e
ts h
e
re
.
A
nd
y
ou kn
o
w
A
b
b
y
. Russ
c
a
lls in l
a
te
so she
f
o
r
e
g
o
e
s h
e
r d
a
y
o
f
f
to
c
ome
in, kno
w
ing
w
e
h
a
ve
a
bu
s
y
Mond
a
y
a
h
e
a
d.”

P
e
te
shook his h
ea
d.
“Y
o
u
rea
l
l
y
n
ee
d to t
a
lk to
R
uss
e
ll.
W
h
a
t
’
s his d
ea
l no
w
?
”

Ke
e
g
a
n
r
oll
e
d h
e
r
e
y
e
s.
“
A
pp
are
nt
l
y
he
h
a
s
g
i
r
l
fr
i
e
nd issu
e
s this mo
r
nin
g
.”

Russ
e
ll
De
nnis
wa
s a
re
t
i
re
d, t
a
ttoo
e
d,
f
o
r
m
e
r
m
e
rc
h
a
nt m
ar
in
e
, a
g
rea
t
a
d
dition to the st
af
f
of
volunt
e
e
r
s but
a
r
ound to
w
n he
h
a
d a
re
pu
t
a
tion
a
s a
m
a
jor
l
a
di
e
s
’
m
a
n,
e
v
e
n tho
u
g
h the
g
u
y
w
a
s pushing
f
i
f
t
y
.

“
W
h
a
t
y
ou m
e
a
n is Russ s
wee
t
-
t
a
lk
e
d some
g
a
l he
m
e
t
a
t M
c
C
rea
d
y
’
s
l
a
st ni
g
ht into hitting
the
sh
ee
ts
w
ith him but
c
ome
this mo
r
ning he
c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t h
e
r
a
ss
o
ut the
door
fa
st
e
nou
g
h
a
nd h
a
d to
c
a
ll in l
a
t
e
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
l
a
u
g
h
e
d.
“T
h
a
t
p
re
t
t
y
mu
c
h sums it up.”