Base Nature (69 page)

K
e
lly

I
t
t
o
o
k
an
h
o
u
r
to
g
e
t
f
r
o
m
the
fa
r
m
to
G
a
rre
t
t
’
s
n
e
w
h
o
u
s
e
.
Wh
e
n
s
he
t
ur
n
e
d
o
ff the
ma
i
n
r
o
ad
s
he
c
o
u
ld h
e
ar
L
iv.
T
h
at
s
miling,
b
l
o
n
d
e
h
u
man
w
o
m
a
n
f
r
o
m
the
h
o
u
s
e
.
T
he
o
ne w
h
o
had
sc
urr
i
e
d
u
pstai
r
s
to
g
i
ve
th
e
m
p
e
ac
e
.
T
he
s
o
u
n
d
s
she l
e
t
l
oo
se ma
d
e K
e
lly
’
s
s
kin c
r
awl.

“
O
h
de
ar
Go
d
,
that
p
oo
r
,
p
oo
r
gi
r
l.”
She
pa
r
k
e
d
in
a
c
o
ck
e
y
e
d
m
e
ss
o
n
G
a
rre
t
t
’
s pa
r
king
pad
a
nd
r
an
to
the
f
r
o
nt
d
oo
r
.
He
had
it
l
o
ck
e
d
and
an
o
th
e
r
fi
er
ce
c
r
y
came f
r
o
m
the
u
pstai
r
s
and h
e
r
e
a
r
s
sta
r
t
e
d
r
ingi
n
g.
K
e
lly
p
u
t
h
e
r
s
h
o
u
l
de
r
to
the
d
oo
r
, g
r
ipp
e
d
the han
d
le and
l
e
an
e
d
i
nto
it.
T
he
do
o
r
o
p
e
n
e
d
a
nd
a
b
it
o
f
the w
o
o
d splint
ered
.
“H
e’
ll
have
to
f
o
r
give
m
e
.
I’
ll
g
e
t
h
im
a
n
e
w
do
o
r
,”
she
sai
d
,
ta
l
king
to h
er
s
e
lf.
Fi
r
st sign
o
f c
r
azy,
h
e
r
m
o
th
e
r
had
alwa
y
s j
o
k
ed
.

K
e
lly
t
o
o
k
the
st
e
ps
fast,
h
e
a
r
ing
the
ha
r
sh
s
o
u
n
d
s
o
f
L
iv
’
s
d
ist
re
ss.
She
r
o
u
n
de
d the
c
o
r
n
e
r
and
G
a
rre
tt
t
ur
n
ed
,
t
e
nse
t
o
sp
r
ing.
H
e’
d
bee
n
so
w
r
app
e
d
u
p
in
the
g
i
r
l
he ha
d
n
’
t
s
e
ns
e
d
h
e
r
at
a
ll. She
h
e
ld
u
p
h
e
r
h
an
d
s in m
o
ck s
u
pplicati
o
n
a
nd
he
re
lax
ed
.

“
H
o
w
d
id
y
o
u
g
e
t
in?”

“
S
o
I
o
we
y
o
u
a
d
oo
r
,” she
sai
d
. “H
o
w is
s
h
e
?”

“
Bur
ning
u
p.
H
o
w h
o
t
d
o
th
e
y
g
e
t?
I
t
’
s
bee
n
so
l
o
ng I
can
’
t
re
m
e
m
b
e
r
.”

H
i
s
jaw
w
a
s
so
ti
g
ht
the
small
m
u
scl
e
s
st
o
o
d
ou
t.
K
e
lly
c
o
u
ld
s
e
e
the
f
e
ar
in
his
e
y
e
s.
Sh
e’
d
s
ee
n
him ang
r
y, sh
e’
d
s
ee
n
him an
n
o
y
e
d
and
sh
e’
d
s
ee
n
h
im
s
o
v
er
y g
r
i
e
fst
r
ick
e
n
s
he
t
h
o
u
ght it might ki
l
l him
bu
t
she
had
n
e
v
e
r
e
v
e
r
s
ee
n him so
sca
red
.

“
V
er
y
h
o
t.
T
o
o
h
o
t.
I
t w
o
u
ld
kill
m
o
st p
e
o
pl
e
.
O
n
e
-
o
h-nin
e
?
O
n
e
-
t
e
n?
Ab
o
u
t
th
ere
.” “D
e
ar
Ch
r
ist,”
he
s
aid
and
s
h
o
o
k
h
i
s
h
e
a
d
.
“Sh
e’
s
g
e
tting
q
u
i
e
t.
T
he
q
u
i
e
t
is
w
o
r
se