Dancing Tides (118 page)

“T
h
a
t
’
s
a
lmost n
e
x
t door
to the
far
m.”

“Yea
h,
we’
v
e
s
ee
n
a
lot of
s
ea
ls
e
nd up th
e
re
.
I
t
’
s
r
o
c
k
y
a
nd h
a
za
r
dous su
r
f but that doesn’t stop them from getting stranded at that particular spot
.”

Twe
n
t
y
minut
e
s l
a
t
e
r
he
pull
e
d into a
c
i
rc
ul
a
r
g
r
a
v
e
l lot no
r
th of
to
w
n n
e
x
t
to a
j
ee
p
w
ith the
st
a
te
p
ar
k l
o
g
o on the
doo
r
.

T
he
pl
ac
e
wa
s d
e
s
er
t
e
d
t
his time
of
ni
g
ht so
w
h
e
n
the
p
ar
k
r
a
n
g
e
r
st
e
p
p
e
d
out to
g
r
e
e
t th
e
m, he
look
e
d
g
l
a
d to
h
a
ve
the
c
om
p
a
n
y
.

A
s
Ke
e
g
a
n
e
m
e
r
g
e
d
fr
o
m t
h
e
p
a
ss
e
n
g
e
r
do
o
r
, s
h
e
h
ear
d t
h
e
piti
f
ul
wa
il of
a
b
a
b
y
s
eal
pup
ca
lling
f
o
r
its m
a
m
a
.
“T
h
a
t sounds like
a
p
r
e
tty
y
o
u
n
g
s
e
a
l, St
e
v
e
.”

“H
e
is—
a
nd noi
s
y
.
H
e
’
s
not v
e
r
y
bi
g
,
Ke
e
g
a
n,
a
n
d his
wa
il is
g
e
tting
wea
k
e
r
b
y
the hou
r
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n int
r
od
u
ce
d the
t
w
o m
e
n b
ef
o
r
e
h
e
a
ding
t
o the
b
ac
k of
the
p
i
c
kup
w
h
er
e
s
h
e
re
t
r
i
e
v
e
d
h
e
r
g
lov
e
s
a
nd
n
e
tting
out of
the
b
e
d
a
l
o
ng
w
ith a
l
ar
g
e
,
r
ec
t
a
n
g
u
l
ar
, tub
-
like
bin.

Sin
c
e
the
p
ar
k
r
a
n
g
e
r
h
a
d
a
l
rea
d
y
s
e
t up
f
loodli
g
h
t
s
a
im
e
d on the
st
ee
p slo
p
e
to h
e
lp them all
w
ith s
ee
ing
t
h
e
ir
w
a
y
to the
s
h
o
r
e
b
e
lo
w
, Co
r
d
w
a
lk
e
d
t
o the
ra
iling
a
nd p
e
e
re
d
o
v
er
.
N
o s
a
nd
h
ere
, no st
re
t
c
h of
p
r
istine
b
ea
c
h
e
ith
er
, just
r
o
c
ks
a
nd jutting
bould
er
s.
H
e
k
n
e
w
f
or
a
f
ac
t it
wa
s a sp
ec
t
ac
ul
a
r
si
g
ht d
u
r
ing
t
he
d
a
y
, but
a
ll he
s
a
w
n
o
w
wa
s a
d
a
n
g
er
ous thi
r
t
y
-
f
oot
c
limb do
w
n to
reac
h t
h
e
bottom.

St
e
ve
look
e
d g
e
nuin
e
l
y
a
polo
g
e
ti
c
.
“
So
r
r
y
K
ee
g
a
n
f
or
the
l
a
te
ca
ll, but
I
t
r
i
e
d to
wa
it him out thinking
he
mi
g
ht
f
i
n
d his
w
a
y
b
ac
k in the
w
a
t
e
r
or
th
a
t the
moth
e
r
wa
s
just o
f
f
f
o
r
a
g
i
n
g
f
o
r
f
ood or
som
e
thing
a
nd
w
ould
e
v
e
ntu
a
l
l
y
c
ome
b
a
c
k
f
or
him. She
didn
’
t.”

“
I
t
’
s ok
a
y
. Moth
e
r
s l
ea
ve
to
f
o
r
a
g
e
a
ll the
tim
e
, but som
e
thing
c
ould h
a
ve
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d to h
er
.
T
his isn
’
t the
b
e
st pl
ac
e
to do it
e
ith
er
.
M
a
y
be
she
c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t b
a
c
k.
Y
ou
’
ll
wa
t
c
h out
f
or h
e
r
ov
e
r
t
h
e
n
e
x
t
c
ouple
of
d
a
y
s thou
g
h,
r
i
g
ht?
T
h
is is
w
h
er
e
sh
e’
ll likely
c
i
r
c
le
b
ac
k.”