Dancing Tides (124 page)

She
f
i
g
u
r
e
d
af
t
e
r
the
s
e
s
s
ion
w
ith the
p
s
y
c
hi
a
t
r
ist
he
w
ould n
ee
d
a
noth
e
r
s
o
unding
bo
a
r
d.
W
e
ll, it
wa
s a
st
ar
t
a
t g
e
tting
him to op
e
n up
a
bout
the
e
motions th
a
t h
a
d to be
bomb
ar
di
n
g
his b
ra
in
r
i
g
ht no
w
.

“O
k
a
y
, it
’
s a
d
a
t
e
.”

“O
ur
thi
r
d.”
H
e
w
i
g
g
l
e
d
his
e
y
e
b
r
o
w
s up
a
nd d
o
w
n.
“T
he
histo
r
y
of
the
thi
r
d d
a
te
is a
c
l
a
ssic
f
or
a
r
e
a
son.”

She
ac
tu
a
l
l
y
g
ig
g
l
e
d.
“
Y
ou
’r
e
a
f
un
n
y
g
u
y
,
y
ou
k
now
th
a
t, Co
r
d
?
”

“
So
I
’
ve
b
e
e
n told.”

She
wa
t
c
h
e
d him st
ra
dd
l
e
the
Har
l
e
y
,
re
v up t
h
e
e
n
g
in
e
.
A
nd
wa
t
c
h
e
d him d
r
ive
o
f
f
w
ith a
bit of
a
n
a
ttitud
e
—
a
nd
kn
e
w
inst
a
nt
l
y
the
rea
son
w
h
y
.

Co
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
looked like he was
s
w
ea
ti
n
g
bull
e
ts
a
bout his
ap
pointm
e
nt tomo
rr
ow
w
ith the th
era
pist.

M
ond
a
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
st
a
f
f
s
h
o
r
t
a
g
e
s
a
nd
a
noth
e
r
inju
r
e
d, b
ea
t
-
up
p
e
li
ca
n b
r
o
u
ght in
fr
om a m
a
n
w
ho liv
e
d south of
to
w
n
a
nd who h
a
d
f
ound t
h
e
bi
r
d
a
long
t
h
e
r
o
a
d
w
a
y
, k
e
pt
Ke
e
g
a
n hoppi
n
g
. Plus, she
h
a
d p
re
p
a
r
a
tions to m
a
ke
f
or
the
buslo
a
d
of
s
c
hool
c
hild
re
n due
to
arr
ive
th
a
t
af
t
er
noon
f
or
a
f
i
e
ld t
r
ip.

Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
h
a
d
a
l
w
a
y
s
b
e
e
n
a
f
a
n
a
tic
a
bout the
we
l
f
a
r
e
of
t
h
e
a
nim
a
ls.
H
e
b
e
li
e
v
ed
h
a
lf
the
b
a
ttle
wa
s
e
du
c
a
ting
the
publi
c
.
W
h
e
th
e
r
b
i
r
d or
m
a
mm
a
l, it
wa
s n
e
v
e
r
too
e
a
r
l
y
f
or show
a
nd t
e
ll
a
nd to g
e
t
kids int
ere
st
e
d in p
re
s
e
r
v
ing
w
ildli
fe
.

B
e
c
a
use
of
t
h
a
t, she
p
ar
t
i
c
ul
ar
l
y
lov
e
d it
w
h
e
n
e
v
e
r
she
g
ot
a
n oppo
r
tuni
t
y
t
o show
o
ff
, not just the
ce
nt
e
r
or
the
a
nim
a
ls, or
the
st
a
t
e-
o
f
-
t
h
e-ar
t hospit
a
l, but h
e
r
s
t
af
f
a
s
we
ll.

T
h
e
ir
numb
e
r
m
i
g
ht be
f
ew
, but those
she
h
a
d
we
r
e
p
a
ssion
a
te
a
bout
a
nim
a
ls. She
c
ouldn
’
t
a
sk
f
or
mo
r
e
th
a
n th
a
t.

T
h
er
e
w
ere
, h
o
we
v
e
r
, p
r
eca
utions to t
a
ke
to m
a
ke
su
r
e
the
t
w
o hou
r
s the
k
i
ds sp
e
nt on the
p
re
mis
e
s
we
nt smoo
t
h
l
y
a
nd
a
n
y
s
a
f
e
t
y
issu
e
s
h
a
d b
ee
n
d
ea
lt
w
ith p
r
o
p
er
l
y
b
ef
o
r
e
the
c
hild
re
n
e
v
e
r
st
e
pp
e
d
o
f
f
the
bus.

W
h
e
n she
spott
e
d P
e
t
e
, she
a
ll but did a
h
a
p
p
y
d
a
n
c
e
do
w
n the
middle
of
t
he
c
ompound.
“T
h
a
nk
G
od,
r
e
in
f
o
r
ce
m
e
nts
!
”

“
W
h
a
t
’
s up
?
”

“
W
e’r
e
slo
w
l
y
r
eac
hi
n
g
ca
p
a
c
i
t
y
.
”
She
g
a
ve
him
a
qui
c
k
r
undo
w
n on the
p
a
ti
e
nts,
a
nd b
r
ou
g
ht him up to sp
ee
d
on Minni
e
, the
p
r
e
g
n
a
nt
ott
er
.
“
M
y
g
u
e
ss is
we’
ll
h
a
ve
a
n
e
w
b
a
b
y b
ef
o
r
e
t
h
e
w
e
e
k is out.
T
h
a
t m
ea
ns
w
e
n
ee
d to t
r
a
ns
fe
r
h
e
r
to the
tide
pool.
T
od
a
y
.
”

T
he
tide
pool was the closest thing to their native environment that the rescue center could offer
the mammals
,
mimi
c
ki
n
g
w
h
a
t th
e
y
h
a
d in the
w
ild.

I
n this
c
a
s
e
, mu
c
h like
t
h
e
hospit
a
l, Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
h
a
d s
p
are
d no
e
x
p
e
ns
e
.
Sp
a
nning
f
i
f
t
ee
n
f
ee
t
a
cr
oss
a
nd th
i
r
t
y
f
ee
t in l
e
n
g
th, the
r
o
u
nd
e
d
e
n
c
losu
r
e
h
a
d st
ee
p
r
o
c
k
f
o
r
m
a
tions on the
sid
e
s
c
ompl
e
te
w
ith a
ra
iling
a
nd
a
g
l
a
ss
e
n
c
los
e
d obs
er
v
a
tion d
e
c
k
f
or
vi
ew
in
g
.