Dancing Tides (204 page)

T
h
re
e
w
ee
ks of
T
L
C
h
a
d
the
little
b
a
ll of
f
ur
h
ea
l
i
ng
ni
c
e
l
y
a
nd v
e
r
y
e
n
er
g
e
ti
c
.
Jack would
n
e
v
e
r
g
o b
a
c
k in the
w
ild
thou
g
h.
H
is
e
y
e
h
a
d b
ee
n inju
re
d too s
e
v
ere
l
y
to
know
if
he
c
ould s
e
e
we
ll
e
no
u
g
h to
f
o
r
a
ge
f
or
f
ood on his o
w
n,
a
lthough
e
v
e
r
yd
a
y
J
ac
k
g
ot b
e
t
t
e
r
a
t l
e
a
r
ni
n
g
the b
a
si
c
s in th
a
t d
e
p
ar
tm
e
nt,
too.

A
nd
a
s
a
l
w
a
y
s, Minnie
a
nd
B
ump
e
r
w
e
r
e
cr
o
w
d
f
a
vo
r
it
e
s,
e
sp
e
c
i
a
l
l
y
w
h
e
n
mom n
e
stl
e
d h
e
r
b
a
b
y
b
o
y
on
h
e
r
tum
m
y
.
B
ut
w
h
e
n she
g
r
oom
e
d the
f
ur
of
h
e
r
th
r
e
e
-
we
e
k-old pup, Co
r
d
c
ould t
e
ll the
kids
wer
e
p
ull
e
d in
f
or
g
ood.

D
u
r
ing a
b
r
e
a
k b
e
t
w
ee
n
t
ou
r
s,
Ke
e
g
a
n look
e
d up
a
nd spott
e
d a
v
e
r
y
p
re
g
n
a
nt
J
o
r
d
a
n
Harr
is pushi
n
g
h
e
r
toddl
e
r
d
a
u
g
ht
e
r
in a
st
r
oll
e
r
d
o
w
n the
middle
of
the
c
o
mpound.

E
v
e
n thou
g
h s
h
e
still
wa
sn
’
t su
r
e
how
to pu
r
sue
t
h
e
line
of
qu
e
stioning
a
b
o
ut h
e
r
f
o
r
m
e
r husb
a
nd,
Ke
e
g
a
n h
e
a
d
e
d
h
e
r
w
a
y
.

“
W
h
e
n
’
s the
b
a
b
y
du
e
?
”
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
sk
e
d
c
h
e
e
rf
ul
l
y
.

J
o
r
d
a
n
r
ubb
e
d a
h
a
nd o
v
e
r
h
e
r
b
e
l
l
y
.
“
J
une
t
e
nth.
A
nd b
ef
o
r
e
y
ou
a
sk, it
’
s
a
b
o
y
.
”

“Y
ou
r
e
a
d
m
y
mind.”

“
Most p
e
ople
wa
nt to k
n
o
w
.
A
nd
N
i
c
k is so h
a
n
d
s
-
on
w
ith
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
.
I
’
m
p
re
t
t
y
s
u
r
e
he s
e
nt out
a
n
e
m
a
il to h
a
lf
the
st
a
te
of
C
a
li
f
o
r
ni
a
.
”
She
p
a
us
e
d to look
ar
ound
a
t the
cr
o
w
d
a
nd
c
omm
e
nt
e
d,
“T
he
ce
nt
e
r
is
a
bsolut
e
l
y
bu
r
sti
n
g
a
t
t
he
s
ea
ms tod
a
y
, busi
e
r
t
h
a
n
I
’
ve
e
v
e
r
s
ee
n it.”

“
I
t is.
I
h
a
d no id
e
a
we’
d
h
a
ve
su
c
h a
hu
g
e
tu
r
nou
t
.”

“T
he
to
w
n
w
a
nts to suppo
r
t the
ce
nt
e
r
,
K
ee
g
a
n.
S
om
e
tim
e
s th
e
y
h
a
v
e
di
ff
i
c
ul
t
y
sho
w
i
n
g it.”

“
I
’
ll s
a
y
one
thi
n
g
, this time
th
e
y
rea
l
l
y
c
a
me
th
r
o
u
g
h
f
o
r
m
e
.
W
e
put this thing
t
o
g
e
th
e
r on a
sho
e
st
r
i
n
g
.
W
a
l
l
y
a
n
d Mu
r
p
h
y
w
e
r
e
inst
r
um
e
nt
a
l in
g
e
tti
n
g
p
r
i
z
e
s out of
most of
the m
erc
h
a
nts but it
wa
s
W
a
l
l
y
w
ho
w
a
s
a
ble
to p
r
y
o
p
e
n
F
er
g
uson
’
s
wa
ll
e
t.
A
nd
y
ou know
F
e
r
g
uson.
I
s
we
a
r
th
a
t
m
a
n is ti
g
ht
e
r
th
a
n S
c
r
o
o
g
e
w
ith his mon
e
y
or
g
ivi
n
g
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
w
a
y
f
o
r
free
.
”