Dancing Tides (119 page)

“
W
e
w
ill.
I
’
ll s
e
e
to it the
mo
r
ning
c
re
w
kno
w
s
a
b
out h
er
.”

F
r
om th
a
t mom
e
nt on, Co
r
d
g
ot to s
e
e
the
w
om
a
n
in h
e
r
e
l
e
m
e
nt. She
w
a
s
imp
re
ssive
a
s she
f
i
r
st h
a
d to hike
do
w
n the
r
a
g
g
e
d hill.

O
n
c
e
she
re
a
c
h
e
d
g
r
o
u
nd
l
e
v
e
l she
h
a
d to s
c
r
a
mble
up
a
nd onto the
f
i
n
g
e
r
of
l
a
nd to g
e
t to the
p
a
th
e
tic
little
crea
t
u
re
,
g
r
a
y
in
c
olo
r
, m
ar
o
o
n
e
d on the
a
r
e
a
jutting
o
u
t ov
e
r
the
wa
t
e
r
, obvious
l
y
s
c
a
re
d to d
ea
t
h
—
a
nd in dist
re
ss.

O
v
e
r
the
r
o
a
r
of
t
h
e
wa
v
e
s
cra
shi
n
g
up
a
g
a
inst
r
o
c
k
a
nd
c
li
ff
, Co
r
d
h
ear
d
h
e
r
t
a
lking
to the
little
g
u
y
, t
r
y
i
n
g
to
c
a
lm him do
w
n.

“O
h,
w
o
w
,
I
k
n
e
w
it.
Y
o
u
’r
e
just a
b
a
b
y
,
are
n
’
t
y
ou, p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
l
e
ss th
a
n a
wee
k old
a
nd und
erwe
i
g
ht?
H
ow
in the
w
o
r
ld did
y
ou m
a
k
e
it this
fa
r
on the
r
o
c
ks
?
”
A
s
Ke
e
g
a
n s
u
r
v
e
y
e
d
t
h
e su
rr
ounding
ar
e
a
, she
a
d
d
e
d,
“O
r
did som
e
o
n
e
p
u
t
y
ou h
e
r
e
?
”

T
h
a
t b
r
o
u
g
ht Childs
c
los
er
.
“
I
tho
u
g
ht the
s
a
m
e
thin
g
.
W
e
do
g
e
t st
ra
n
d
e
d s
ea
ls h
e
r
e
,
Ke
e
g
a
n, but
r
a
r
e
l
y
o
n
e
s
o
y
ou
n
g
. Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g p
er
son
a
l
l
y
re
s
c
u
e
d probably a hundred or more on th
e
se v
e
r
y
r
o
c
ks o
v
e
r
the
y
e
ar
s
.”

She
a
l
rea
d
y
k
n
e
w
th
a
t
a
n
d did h
e
r
b
e
st to
c
on
c
e
nt
r
a
te
on the
situ
a
tion
a
nd
n
ot on h
e
r
g
r
a
nd
fa
t
h
er
.

Childs stood n
e
x
t to Co
r
d b
e
low
Ke
e
g
a
n on the
n
arr
ow
st
r
ip of
ear
th divi
d
ing
the p
rec
ipi
ce
, looki
n
g
up
a
nd
a
dd
e
d,
“T
his is
w
h
e
r
e
h
e
’
s b
ee
n barking sin
c
e
I
f
ound him
a
bout
f
ive
o
’c
l
o
c
k this
af
t
er
noon.
H
e
h
a
sn
’
t
mov
e
d mu
c
h
fr
om this spot.
I
should
’
v
e
ca
ll
e
d
y
ou
th
e
n.”

“
Could som
e
one
or
som
e
thing
h
a
ve
c
h
a
s
e
d him up
h
ere
?
”
Ke
e
g
a
n
w
a
nt
e
d
t
o kno
w
.
“T
his isn
’
t a
g
ood
ar
e
a
f
or
f
o
r
a
g
i
n
g
a
n
y
w
a
y. Th
a
t
’
s
w
h
y
on
c
e
s
ea
ls
w
a
sh up h
e
r
e
,
th
e
y
’
r
e
usu
a
l
l
y
inju
re
d or
si
c
k
a
nd
c
a
n
’
t
g
e
t do
w
n th
e
ms
e
lv
e
s.
T
he
r
o
c
ks
ar
e
too
c
r
a
g
g
y
, the
w
a
v
e
s
ar
e
too h
a
r
sh.
B
ut som
e
thing
d
r
ove
him up
to hi
g
h
e
r
g
r
ound like
this.
T
h
a
t
’
s
f
or
c
er
t
a
in
.
”

“
I
don
’
t s
e
e
him
g
e
tti
n
g
t
his
fa
r
a
w
a
y
fr
om the
w
a
t
e
r
on his o
w
n.”

“
So
y
ou think som
e
one
p
u
r
pos
e
l
y
d
r
ove
him up h
e
re
?
W
h
y
a
m
I
su
r
p
r
is
e
d?
He
ll, some p
e
ople
b
ea
t th
e
ir
d
o
g
s
,
”
Co
r
d toss
e
d in.

“
S
a
d, but t
r
u
e
,”
K
e
e
g
a
n
a
g
r
eed
.

She
g
a
u
g
e
d h
e
r
a
pp
r
o
ac
h
, d
ec
id
e
d on the
most di
r
ec
t.
“Aw
,
y
ou
wa
nt m
a
m
a
, don
’
t
y
o
u? Poor
b
a
b
y
.
W
e
ll,
I
don
’
t
s
e
e
m
a
ma
a
r
ound
a
n
y
w
h
er
e
so
w
e’
ll t
a
ke
g
ood
ca
r
e
of
y
ou in the m
ea
ntim
e
, g
e
t
y
ou som
e
pl
ac
e
s
a
f
e
until m
a
y
be
m
a
ma
c
om
e
s looki
n
g
f
or
y
ou.”
B
e
hind
h
e
r
she h
ear
d St
e
ve
a
sk if
he
c
o
u
ld do
a
n
y
thi
n
g
.

“N
op
e
,
I
w
on
’
t
e
v
e
n
n
e
e
d the
n
e
ttin
g
.
H
e’
s so sm
a
ll
a
nd
wea
k
I
’
ll just
wr
a
p him up in a
we
t to
we
l. Co
r
d
?
”

“
Ri
g
ht h
e
r
e
,”
Co
r
d
a
ns
w
ere
d
a
s
h
e
wa
t
c
h
e
d h
e
r
m
a
n
e
uv
e
r
into position.

“D
o me
a
f
a
vo
r
,
g
ive
m
e
t
w
o of
those
to
we
ls
I
b
r
o
u
g
ht
a
nd dip th
e
m in the
c
old
wa
t
e
r th
er
e
a
t the
e
d
g
e
,
w
r
ing
t
h
e
m out
f
or
m
e
,
a
nd th
e
n
h
a
nd a
c
ouple
up
h
ere
.
”

O
n
c
e
he
b
r
o
u
g
ht th
e
m b
a
c
k, she
took the
c
loth
a
nd
st
e
pp
e
d
ar
ound the
pup,
a
pp
r
o
ac
h
e
d him
fr
om b
e
hind.
B
e
ndi
n
g
do
w
n, s
h
e
d
ra
p
e
d it out
a
nd slo
w
l
y
,
g
e
nt
l
y
,
c
o
v
e
re
d the
s
e
a
l
’
s b
ac
k, th
e
n his h
ea
d. She
qui
c
k
l
y
s
c
oo
p
e
d him up
a
nd h
e
ld him to h
e
r
c
h
e
st.