Dancing Tides (203 page)

“
M
e
?
W
h
y
m
e
?
”

“
B
e
ca
u
s
e
he
kno
w
s
y
ou
p
a
t
r
ol th
e
se
wa
t
er
s mo
r
e
o
f
t
e
n th
a
n the
Co
a
st
G
u
a
r
d.”

“
L
u
c
ki
l
y
,
I
n
e
v
e
r
stumbl
e
d
acr
oss
a
n
y
t
hing
like
t
h
a
t.
I
’
ve
s
e
e
n d
e
a
d dolphins, a
sh
ar
k or t
w
o,
e
v
e
n a
w
h
a
le
on
c
e
wa
sh up on sho
re
, but n
e
v
er
,
e
v
e
r
a
d
ea
d bo
d
y
.
I
’
m
g
l
a
d it
wa
sn
’
t me
t
h
a
t
f
ound h
er
.”

“T
h
e
r
e
y
ou
g
o.
T
h
a
t
’
s
a
ll
he
wa
nts to kno
w
.”

F
r
om th
a
t point on,
Ke
e
g
a
n put Sis
s
y
C
ar
r
out of
h
e
r
h
ea
d.

T
h
er
e
w
er
e
l
a
st minute
thin
g
s to p
re
p.
A
f
t
e
r
g
oi
n
g ov
e
r
e
v
e
r
y
thing
w
ith h
e
r
st
af
f
a
s
e
c
ond tim
e
,
Ke
e
g
a
n m
a
d
e
c
e
r
t
a
i
n the
a
nim
a
ls h
a
d b
ee
n
f
e
d
a
nd t
rea
t
e
d
f
or
th
e
ir
a
ilm
e
nts
a
nd
a
s
r
e
a
d
y
f
or
visito
r
s
a
s she
c
ould
g
e
t th
e
m.

T
o h
e
r
a
m
a
z
e
m
e
nt, p
e
ople
st
ar
t
e
d lining
up
a
t the
g
a
t
e
b
ef
o
r
e
nine
a
.m. P
a
r
e
nts b
r
ou
g
ht
c
hild
re
n.
G
r
a
ndp
a
r
e
nts b
r
ou
g
ht th
e
ir
g
ra
ndkids.
T
u
r
ns out, t
ee
n
a
g
e
r
s vi
e
d
f
or
on
e-
on
-
o
n
e
,
f
a
ce
time
w
ith the
a
nim
a
ls the
s
a
me
w
a
y
a
t
h
re
e
-
y
e
a
r-
o
ld did.

Because of the steady stream of visitors, t
h
er
e
w
a
s no sitting
or
s
t
a
nding
id
l
y
ar
ound
wa
t
c
h
ing
the
p
a
ra
d
e
.
T
h
e staff
h
a
d
to put th
a
t o
ff
.
I
n
f
ac
t,
a
ll the
a
c
tivity
k
e
pt
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
of
th
e
m
hopping
fr
om o
n
e
e
nd of
the
c
ompound to the oth
er
.

So
w
h
e
n Co
r
d
arr
iv
e
d,
K
e
e
g
a
n put him to
w
o
r
k.

W
hile
she
pl
a
y
e
d tour
g
u
id
e
, he
ac
t
e
d
a
s in
f
o
r
m
a
t
i
on di
rec
to
r
, pointing
t
h
e
w
a
y
to the obs
er
v
a
tion d
ec
k so th
e
y
c
ould s
e
e
Minnie
a
nd
B
u
mp
e
r
in
ac
tion.
H
e
a
lso h
a
nd
e
d out in
f
o
r
m
a
tion p
ac
k
e
ts
a
nd
a
t one
point, he
e
v
e
n took tu
r
ns m
a
n
n
ing
the
c
a
m
e
r
a
to t
a
ke
p
i
c
tu
re
s of
the
kids
w
ith the
m
a
mm
a
ls.

H
e
f
ound d
e
l
i
g
ht in
wa
t
c
hing
each kid’s
r
e
a
c
tion to the
pl
a
y
f
ul,
a
nim
a
t
e
d s
e
a
ott
er
s,
e
sp
e
c
i
a
l
l
y
w
h
e
n th
e
animals
a
mus
e
d th
e
m
s
e
lv
e
s
w
ith a
b
a
ll or
a
r
o
c
k.
Draw
n to the
a
nti
c
s, the
c
hild
re
n st
a
r
e
d in
fa
s
c
in
a
tion
a
s
J
ac
k,
w
ho
h
a
d a
f
ondn
e
ss
f
or
his little
r
ubb
e
r
b
a
ll, l
a
y
on his
b
ac
k
a
nd toss
e
d it b
ac
k
a
nd
f
o
r
th in his
f
u
r
r
y
,
little
mitt
e
ns.