Base Nature (88 page)

“
Y
o
u
can
’
t
d
o
that. Y
o
u’r
e
inj
ured
.
I
t c
o
u
ld
w
e
ak
e
n y
o
u
,
G
a
rre
t
t.
I’
ll
s
hift and
y
o
u m
ee
t
u
s.”
Be
f
o
r
e
he
c
o
u
ld
a
r
g
u
e
sh
e’
d
flick
ere
d
and
ch
a
ng
ed
.
A
b
lack
w
o
lf with
s
h
o
ts
o
f white
like
sma
l
l
sta
r
s
o
v
e
r
h
e
r
f
o
re
paws.
B
ig
am
be
r
e
y
e
s
and
a l
o
o
k
that
sai
d
,
N
o a
r
g
u
ing,
b
o
y.
H
e
r
c
l
o
th
e
s
p
udd
l
e
d
a
r
o
u
nd
h
e
r
a
nd
s
he
st
e
pp
e
d
f
ree
.
Be
f
o
r
e
he
c
o
u
ld
say anythi
n
g, h
e
r
paws hit the
e
nt
r
yway tile
a
nd
s
he
was
g
o
ne
into
the
h
e
avy
r
ain.

G
a
rre
t
t
g
r
a
bbe
d
h
i
s
t
ru
ck
k
e
ys
and
r
an,
f
ee
ling
cl
u
msy,
a
ng
r
y
and
e
nti
re
ly
t
o
o h
u
man as he
w
e
nt.

K
e
lly
r
an to
the
main
r
o
a
d
, n
o
se
t
o
the
g
r
o
u
n
d
.
She
wait
e
d
at the
si
d
e
u
ntil
he
came to
a s
t
o
p
with the
o
ld
re
d
pick
u
p.
“
D
id
th
e
y c
r
o
ss?”

She
re
sp
o
n
de
d
b
y
sn
ee
zing
o
nc
e
,
h
e
sitat
e
d
f
o
r
a
car
g
o
ing
past
and
b
o
lt
e
d
ac
r
o
ss the
st
ree
t.
G
a
rre
tt
wait
e
d
f
o
r
a
n
o
th
e
r
v
e
hicle
a
nd
th
e
n
angl
e
d the
c
o
mpla
i
ning
o
ld
t
ru
ck ac
r
o
ss
the
st
ree
t
and c
u
t
into
the si
d
e
st
ree
t
that
h
e
ld
the acc
e
ss
r
o
ad f
o
r the
state pa
r
k. K
e
lly
w
a
s
waiting.
She th
re
w
h
e
r
h
e
ad
b
ack
bu
t
d
id
n
o
t
h
o
wl.
T
he small
white
w
i
nking
b
it
o
f
m
o
o
n
d
anc
e
d
u
n
de
r
the
cl
o
ud
s
o
v
er
h
e
ad
f
o
r
a
s
e
c
o
nd
and
th
e
n
the
gl
o
o
m

swall
o
w
e
d
it
w
h
o
l
e
.

G
a
rre
t
t
h
e
a
r
d
it
th
e
n,
f
r
o
m
a
d
istance
bu
t
n
o
t t
o
o
fa
r
,
an an
g
st
-
r
i
dd
l
e
d
h
o
wl.
Bo
ne chilling
a
nd
l
i
ng
er
ing.
S
he
was
g
o
ing
t
o
kill h
i
m if th
e
y
d
i
d
n
’
t
g
e
t th
er
e
in tim
e
.
I
n that
o
ne
s
o
u
nd
was all
the
pain, all the
f
e
a
r
,
all the
a
bu
se
o
f
a lif
e
time
o
f
n
e
gl
e
ct.
G
a
rre
tt want
e
d
t
o
save
h
e
r
b
y saving K
e
vin.
I
f
h
e’
d
c
o
u
ld
h
e’
d
s
ave
h
e
r
f
r
o
m
h
er
s
e
lf.
He
l
o
o
k
e
d at K
e
lly,
b
l
e
w
h
is h
o
r
n and
she
j
u
mp
ed
,
b
a
r
ing
h
e
r
t
ee
th.

“W
h
y
a
r
e
y
o
u stan
d
ing
th
ere
?”
he
s
h
o
u
t
e
d
at
h
er
.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
glimm
ere
d
silv
e
r
and g
ree
n
in the
h
e
a
d
lights.
“
Go
!
G
o
g
e
t
h
er
!
I’
m
r
ight
be
hind
y
o
u
.”

She
o
nly h
e
sitat
e
d
f
o
r
a
h
e
a
r
t
be
at
and
th
e
n
s
he
t
ur
n
e
d
tail and
r
an, m
o
v
i
ng
th
r
o
u
gh the
u
n
der
b
ru
sh
like
a g
h
o
st. Sil
e
nt
a
nd
de
a
d
ly
a
nd
h
o
p
e
f
u
lly
f
a
st.

*
*
*
*
*

K
e
lly
r
an.
Ran
fast
e
r
than
she
th
o
u
ght
s
he
had
in
y
e
a
r
s,
e
v
e
n
o
n the
h
u
nt.
H
u
nts w
er
e
f
o
r
f
u
n,
f
o
r
f
oo
d
,
f
o
r
r
a
bb
its
and sq
u
i
rre
ls
and
the game
o
f
the
ch
a
s
e
.
A snack.
A ni
bb
l
e
.
E
x
er
cis
e
.
Bu
t
this
w
a
s
d
iff
ere
nt.
T
h
is
was
d
o
o
r
d
ie
and
K
e
lly
c
o
u
ld
f
ee
l
the ag
o
ny and
p
re
mat
u
r
e
g
r
i
e
f
o
f the
n
e
w
w
o
lf in the
ai
r
.

L
iv
t
h
o
u
ght
G
a
rre
tt
was
de
a
d
.
She
th
o
u
ght
that
this
m
a
n
who
had
o
b
v
i
o
u
sly
h
ur
t h
e
r
in
ma
n
y
ways
had n
o
w
t
a
k
e
n
f
r
o
m
h
e
r the
mate she
h
ad
j
u
st
f
o
u
n
d
.
T
he p
er
s
o
n
she t
ru
st
e
d
a
nd
l
o
v
e
d
the
m
o
st
i
n
the
w
o
r
l
d
.
L
iv
’
s
e
n
er
gy
was
d
amag
e
d
bu
t
had
g
o
tt
e
n st
r
o
ng
e
r
and
br
ight
e
r
and
be
t
t
e
r
f
ro
m
the
m
o
m
e
nt
K
e
lly
had m
e
t
h
er
.
G
a
rre
t
t
’
s
l
o
v
e
,
h
is t
ru
st,
t
ur
ning
h
e
r
t
h
o
u
gh
it
was
f
r
o
w
n
e
d
u
p
o
n,
had
do
ne
amazing
things
f
o
r
L
iv.
L
iv was
the
t
re
as
ur
e
y
o
u find
i
n
the
b
o
x
o
f
j
u
nk.
T
a
r
ni
s
h
e
d
and
u
gly
bu
t
with
s
o
me
p
o
lish and
e
l
b
o
w
g
re
as
e
,
y
o
u have
s
o
m
e
thing
p
r
ic
e
l
e
ss.
She
c
o
u
ld
g
i
ve
G
a
rre
t
t
b
ack
h
is
h
o
pe f
o
r
a life
a
nd
a fam
i
ly and
happin
e
ss in his h
e
a
r
t.