Base Nature (120 page)

S
ur
g
er
y

“We
re
ally
h
a
ve
to
take him
b
ack
to
the fa
r
m,
I h
o
pe y
o
u
u
n
der
stan
d
,”
Ch
e
st
e
r
w
a
s sayi
n
g.
L
iv
’
s
h
e
ad
was p
o
u
n
d
ing
and
she
p
u
ll
e
d
the
cl
o
th
e
s
that
h
ad
bee
n
in his t
ru
ck a
r
o
u
nd
h
e
r
tightly.
T
h
e
y
h
a
d
n
’
t
e
v
e
n
g
o
ne
in
a
h
o
u
s
e
—h
er
s
o
r
G
a
rre
tt
’
s.
T
h
er
e
w
er
e sw
e
ats
in
e
v
er
y
v
e
hicle
and
Ch
e
st
e
r
had
t
o
ss
e
d
h
e
r
s
o
m
e
.
T
o
g
e
th
e
r
th
e
y
’
d
l
o
a
de
d
G
a
rre
tt
i
nto
the
b
ack
o
f
Ch
e
st
e
r
’
s
t
ru
ck
and
had
st
r
app
e
d
h
im
into
a
sm
a
ll
c
o
t
b
ack th
ere
.
T
h
e
n th
e
y
’
d
bu
n
d
l
e
d
him
u
p
in w
o
o
l
e
n
b
lank
e
ts.
Ch
e
st
e
r
w
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
l
e
t
h
e
r
r
i
d
e
in the
b
ack
with
G
a
rre
tt
and
it
was ha
r
d
f
o
r
h
e
r
to
acc
e
pt.
“H
e’
ll
k
n
o
w
y
o
u’r
e
h
er
e
a
nd
he w
o
n
’
t l
e
t
h
i
ms
e
lf
g
o
u
n
der
.
He
n
eed
s
t
o
go
u
n
de
r
so
he
can c
o
ns
er
ve
his
e
n
er
gy.”

“
G
o
u
n
der
?”

“
I
t
’
s
l
ike
a
be
ar
g
o
ing
i
nto
hi
ber
nati
o
n.
S
o
r
t
o
f.
Ha
r
d
t
o
e
xplain.
He
b
asically
sh
u
ts hims
e
lf
d
o
wn to
b
a
r
e
b
o
n
e
s m
e
ta
b
o
lism to
t
r
y to
h
e
al
u
p.”

Sh
e’
d
shiv
ere
d
and
h
e’
d
c
o
v
ere
d
h
e
r
with
a
spa
r
e
b
lank
e
t
i
n
the
t
ru
ck
’
s
s
e
at.
T
he
r
ain
had
sta
r
t
e
d
a
gain
a
nd
the
h
e
a
d
lights
f
r
o
m K
e
lly
’
s
t
ru
ck
b
o
u
nc
e
d
spa
r
kling white lights a
r
o
u
nd
the
i
nsi
d
e
the
ca
b
.

K
e
lly
was
e
sc
o
r
ting
A
.J.
h
o
me
to
the
fa
r
m.
T
h
er
e
th
e
y
’
d
fig
ur
e
it
all
o
u
t.
T
h
er
e wait
e
d
a pack
m
e
m
ber
,
Be
n
V
erde
,
who
was
a
lso
an
M
.D. He
w
o
u
ld
fix
G
a
rre
tt,
he
had t
o
.
N
o
w she
p
r
ay
ed
—a
l
o
t—th
o
u
gh
i
n the
past it ha
d
n
’
t
h
e
lp
e
d
m
u
ch.

A
n
o
th
e
r
wave
o
f
s
hiv
er
s
o
v
er
t
oo
k h
e
r
and
Ch
e
st
e
r
patt
e
d
h
e
r
l
e
g.
“
Y
o
u
o
kay, ki
d
?
I
t
’
s
bee
n
a l
o
n
g
d
ay.
L
o
ts to
a
b
s
o
rb
. W
e’
ll
g
e
t
it a
l
l w
o
r
k
e
d
o
u
t, j
u
st wa
t
ch.”

“
I’
m
fin
e
.
I
t
’
s
n
o
t
a
b
o
u
t
m
e
.
I
t
’
s
a
lways
bee
n
a
b
o
u
t
me in
my
h
e
a
d
.
M
y
w
h
o
le lif
e
, y
o
u k
n
o
w?
St
ru
ggling
t
o
k
ee
p
my
h
e
ad
a
b
o
ve
wa
ter
.
N
o
w,
this—t
h
is
is
n
o
t
a
b
o
u
t
m
e
.
T
h
i
s
is
a
b
o
u
t
G
a
rre
tt.
A
nd the
fact
that
I
can
’
t
l
o
se him.
I can
’
t
l
o
se
h
im,
Ch
e
st
er
,”
s
he sai
d
, swall
o
w
i
ng h
e
r
t
e
a
r
s.
“I
j
u
st
f
o
u
nd
h
im, I
can
’
t l
o
se
him.
I
t
’
s
n
o
t fai
r
.”