Dancing Tides (64 page)

B
ut
w
h
e
n it
a
ll m
e
sh
e
d
t
o
g
e
t
h
e
r
it
re
qui
r
e
d a
d
e
d
i
ca
tion n
ee
d
e
d to k
ee
p up
w
ith the
l
a
t
e
st t
ec
hniqu
e
s in m
a
king
s
u
r
e
the
sto
c
k st
a
y
e
d
h
ea
lt
h
y
,
the
f
er
tili
z
e
r
m
e
thods
wer
e
c
u
r
r
e
nt,
the
cer
ti
f
i
c
a
tions st
a
y
e
d up to d
a
t
e
,
a
lo
n
g
w
ith doing
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
wa
s n
e
ce
ss
a
r
y
t
o k
ee
p po
w
d
e
r
y mild
e
w
a
t b
a
y
.

G
ood thing
Co
r
d
wa
s
n
’
t
re
sist
a
nt to h
ar
d
w
o
r
k.
H
e
ll, h
e’
d b
ee
n
w
o
r
ki
n
g
in
one
ca
p
ac
i
t
y or
a
noth
e
r
sin
c
e
he
w
a
s
f
ou
r
t
ee
n.

W
ith
S
il
a
s
a
nd S
a
m
m
y
a
nd th
e
ir
c
ousins not due
b
ac
k until Sund
a
y
n
i
g
ht,
Co
r
d h
a
d pl
e
n
t
y
to k
e
e
p him bu
s
y
.
Af
t
e
r
l
e
a
ving
P
r
omise
C
ove
th
a
t
af
t
e
r
noon, he
g
r
a
t
ef
ul
l
y
s
e
ttl
e
d into his
r
outin
e
, a
r
outine
th
a
t h
a
d k
e
pt him hopping
f
or
t
he
p
a
st
f
our
months—
a
n
d h
a
d
f
ill
e
d him
w
ith a
cer
t
a
in
a
mount of
re
s
e
n
t
m
en
t.

H
e
c
ould
a
dmit th
a
t no
w
.

Af
t
e
r
sp
e
ndi
n
g
l
a
st n
i
g
ht
in lo
c
kup, tod
a
y
h
e
int
e
n
d
e
d to st
ar
t
fre
sh, m
a
y
b
e
g
e
t
b
ac
k into
w
h
a
t he
now
c
onsi
d
ere
d
his
e
l
e
m
e
nt
w
ith a
n
e
w
p
er
sp
ec
tiv
e.

H
e
w
o
r
k
e
d the
t
w
o do
ze
n
c
o
w
s into position
a
nd hook
e
d th
e
m up to the
milking m
ac
hin
e
s in st
a
g
e
s, six
s
hi
f
ts of
f
ou
r
.

I
nst
e
a
d of
r
e
s
e
nti
n
g
the
b
ovin
e
s the
w
a
y
he
us
u
a
lly
h
a
d o
v
e
r
the
p
a
st months,
f
or
the
f
i
r
st time
sin
c
e
st
ar
ting
the
j
o
b, he
h
a
d a
f
re
sh
a
pp
r
e
c
i
a
tion
f
or
the
a
nim
a
ls, the
s
m
e
lls
c
oming
fr
om the
old b
ar
n,
a
nd m
a
y
b
e
e
v
e
n the
g
r
u
e
ling
w
o
r
k its
e
l
f
.

H
e
h
a
d to
a
dmit the
c
hip
on his should
e
r
h
e’
d b
ee
n
car
r
y
i
n
g
on his b
a
c
k sin
c
e
h
e’
d
arr
iv
e
d
h
er
e
h
a
d p
re
v
e
nt
e
d him
fr
om
e
nj
o
y
i
n
g
the
pl
ace.

H
e
int
e
nd
e
d to
c
h
a
n
g
e
t
h
a
t.

N
i
c
k h
a
d b
e
e
n
af
t
e
r
him
f
or
w
e
e
ks now
to t
a
ke
m
o
r
e
of
a
n int
e
re
st in
f
u
r
t
h
er
ing
his
cer
ti
f
i
c
a
tions,
e
v
e
n
g
oi
n
g so
fa
r
a
s to b
u
g
him
a
b
o
ut
re
g
ist
e
r
ing
to
a
tt
e
nd
a
n
o
r
g
a
nic
d
a
i
r
y
c
on
fe
r
e
n
c
e
in S
ara
t
o
g
a
S
p
r
in
g
s,
N
e
w
Y
o
r
k,
c
ome
n
e
x
t
w
int
er
.
H
e
mi
g
ht d
e
c
ide
to do
a
ll of
th
a
t no
w
.