Dancing Tides (178 page)

“T
h
e
y
’
d
h
a
ve
both lov
e
d
y
o
u.”

“
W
h
y
do
y
ou s
a
y
th
a
t
?
”

“
B
e
ca
u
s
e
y
ou show
su
c
h
a
kee
n i
n
t
e
r
e
st in the
w
ildli
fe
.
H
e
y
,
a
f
t
e
r
w
e
ea
t, what do you say we
g
o
r
e
l
ea
s
e
H
a
g
g
er
t
y
b
a
c
k into Smug
g
l
e
r
’
s B
a
y
?”

H
is
e
y
e
b
r
o
w
s
r
o
s
e
in su
r
p
r
is
e
.
“
I
t isn
’
t too soon
?
”

“N
ot
a
t
a
ll.”

“H
a
g
g
e
r
t
y
’
s
a
ble
to
e
a
t
?
”

“O
h,
y
ea
h.
I
n
f
a
c
t, the
s
o
on
e
r
w
e
g
e
t him b
ac
k
w
h
er
e
he
b
e
lo
n
g
s, the
soon
e
r
h
e’
ll
f
o
r
g
e
t his o
r
d
ea
l
a
nd
g
o
r
i
g
ht b
a
c
k to s
w
imming
f
or
Mo
n
t
er
e
y
B
a
y
a
nd
c
ho
w
i
n
g
d
o
w
n on j
e
l
l
y
f
ish.”

“O
k
a
y
, th
e
n l
e
t
’
s do it.”
H
e
push
e
d b
a
c
k
fr
om the
t
a
bl
e
, stood up.
“
I
g
otta
s
e
e
H
a
gg
er
t
y in
ac
tion.”

Russ
a
nd P
e
te
h
e
lp
e
d th
e
m mus
c
le
the
re
ptile
onto a
pl
a
stic
t
ar
p th
e
y
us
e
d
a
s a
bottom b
ef
o
r
e
wra
ppi
n
g
him up in the
n
e
tt
e
d sling
f
o
r
t
ra
n
spo
r
t to the
t
r
u
c
k.
I
t took
a
ll
f
our
of
th
e
m to lo
a
d the
n
e
t into the
f
l
a
t
b
e
d of
the
pi
c
kup.

Co
r
d
craw
l
e
d
b
e
hind the
w
h
ee
l
w
hile
K
e
e
g
a
n
s
e
ttl
e
d in b
e
side
him.
T
h
e
y
st
ar
t
e
d o
ff
do
w
n the
st
ree
t to
w
a
r
d the
b
a
y
, b
r
i
n
g
i
n
g
H
a
gg
er
t
y
c
los
e
r
to
war
d
his
fr
e
e
d
o
m.

O
n
c
e
th
e
y
d
r
o
ve
to the
w
h
arf
, th
e
y
still h
a
d to g
e
t
H
a
g
g
er
t
y
out of
the
b
e
d
of
the
t
r
u
c
k
a
nd do
w
n to the
s
a
nd.
F
o
r
th
a
t, the
f
our
of
t
h
e
m got the
tu
r
tle
into a
squ
ar
e
tub.
Dr
a
g
g
i
n
g
the
c
ont
a
in
e
r
w
a
sn
’
t
a
n opti
o
n. So
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
nd Co
r
d
t
ook one
e
nd, Russ
a
nd P
e
te
the
oth
er
.
A
nd to
g
e
th
e
r
th
e
y
c
arr
i
e
d t
h
e
bin the
re
st of
the
w
a
y
.

T
h
e
y
plod
d
e
d th
r
o
u
g
h t
h
e
s
a
nd, until th
e
y
g
ot to
the
wa
t
er’
s
e
d
g
e
.

I
t
w
a
s n
e
a
r
ing suns
e
t, in
Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s mind, a
p
e
r
fec
t
time
to
re
l
ea
s
e.

T
h
e
y
s
e
t do
w
n the
tub, st
r
ug
g
l
e
d to li
f
t up
Ha
g
g
er
t
y
out of
the
c
ont
a
in
er
,
a
n
d th
e
n pl
ace
d him on the
b
eac
h
w
h
er
e
he
imm
ed
i
a
t
e
l
y
wa
ddl
e
d
the
dist
a
n
c
e
to
w
h
a
t
w
a
s
l
ef
t of
the
da
mp sho
re
lin
e
, p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
no
m
o
r
e
th
a
n th
r
e
e
f
e
e
t.