Dancing Tides (29 page)

“H
mm, not a
b
a
d id
ea
.
I
w
ond
e
r
if
old m
a
n
H
ar
tl
e
y
w
ould l
e
t me
sue
y
ou
f
or
fa
lse
a
dv
er
tisin
g
.
M
a
y
be
I
c
o
u
ld
g
e
t some
e
x
t
r
a
c
a
sh
f
o
r
the
ce
nt
e
r
out of
th
a
t d
e
a
l.”

“Y
ou
’
ve
g
ot a
lot on
y
o
u
r
pl
a
t
e
, t
r
y
i
n
g
to k
ee
p
a
lot of
b
a
lls in the
a
i
r
, losing
y
our
g
r
a
ndp
a
r
e
nts
w
ithin a
y
e
a
r
of
e
ac
h oth
e
r
h
a
s to h
u
r
t.
I
told
y
ou
I
’
d
f
ind
y
ou
a
noth
e
r
volunt
e
e
r
or t
w
o.
L
il
l
y
m
a
de
me
a
sign
I
put up in the
booksto
r
e
a
dv
er
tisi
n
g
the
n
e
e
d
f
or
p
e
ople
to h
e
lp p
r
ot
ec
t the
w
ildli
f
e
in the
are
a
a
nd
r
e
minding
th
e
m
th
a
t
w
e
h
a
ve
a
st
a
t
e-
o
f-
t
h
e-ar
t,
r
e
s
c
u
e
ce
n
t
er r
i
g
ht h
e
r
e
in P
e
li
ca
n Poi
n
te
th
a
t n
ee
ds th
e
ir
c
ontinu
e
d suppo
r
t.”

“Ge
t
a
n
y
r
e
pli
e
s
?
”

H
a
y
d
e
n s
i
g
h
e
d.
“
J
ust t
w
o
,
Ha
nn
a
h
B
r
od
e
r
i
c
k
’
s so
n
,
J
a
son,
a
nd his
fr
i
e
nd, Connor
Da
vis.”
Ke
e
g
a
n
c
ouldn
’
t h
e
lp but
l
a
u
g
h.
“T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
I
n
e
e
d, t
w
o v
e
r
y
ea
g
e
r
t
e
n
-
y
e
a
r
-
old b
o
y
s.
W
e
ll,
g
ra
ndd
a
d
a
l
w
a
y
s
s
a
id to st
ar
t
’e
m
y
ou
n
g
,
g
e
t
’e
m involv
e
d
ear
l
y
a
nd
th
e
y
’
ll
a
p
p
r
e
c
i
a
te
the
w
ildli
f
e
mo
r
e
in the
long
r
un. S
er
ious
l
y
tho
u
g
h,
I
’
d love
to b
r
ing
on
a
not
h
e
r
c
ouple
of volunt
eer
s.
I
t s
ee
ms th
e
r
e
ar
e
n
e
v
e
r
e
no
u
g
h h
a
nds
f
or
a
ll th
a
t
w
e
n
ee
d doi
n
g
.”

“H
ow
m
a
n
y
do
y
ou h
a
v
e
no
w
?
”

“
I
t
’
s do
w
n to a
sk
e
l
e
t
a
l th
re
e
volunt
e
e
r
s, plus P
e
t
e
. P
e
te
is
a
l
w
a
y
s
w
illing
t
o
g
o th
a
t
e
x
t
r
a mil
e
.”

“H
e
lov
e
d
y
o
u
r
g
ra
n
d
fa
t
h
er
.”

“H
e
did ind
ee
d
.
”

“
W
h
a
t kind of
a
nim
a
ls do
y
ou h
a
v
e
in
re
sid
e
n
c
e
n
o
w
,
Ke
e
g
a
n?
D
o
y
ou still h
a
ve
th
a
t
c
ute
little
s
ea
l
?
”

Ke
e
g
a
n sn
o
r
t
e
d kno
w
i
n
g how
th
a
t
c
ute
little
s
ea
l
h
a
d g
r
o
w
n to n
e
ar
l
y
th
r
e
e
hund
re
d pounds
a
nd
a
lmost
a
te
th
e
m out of
house
a
nd ho
m
e
.
“
W
e
re
l
e
a
s
e
d the
s
ea
l
t
w
o months
a
g
o.
N
o
w
w
e
h
a
ve
a
re
si
d
e
nt s
e
a
o
t
t
e
r
still
rec
ov
er
i
n
g
f
r
om st
ar
v
a
tion.
W
e
ca
ll h
e
r
M
i
n
n
ie
b
eca
u
s
e
sh
e’
s so sm
a
ll, kind of
like
Minn
i
e
Mous
e
. Sh
e’
s p
re
g
n
a
nt,
p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
due
a
n
y
d
a
y
n
o
w
.”