Base Nature (4 page)
I
f she
w
e
nt
to
f
i
nd
h
e
r
m
o
th
er
,
t
r
y to
h
e
lp, it
o
n
l
y g
o
t
w
o
r
s
e
.
L
iv
s
t
oo
d
,
fin
d
ing
o
ne
s
lipp
e
r
a
nd
th
e
n
the
o
th
er
.
She slid th
e
m
o
n
and pa
dde
d
in
t
o the
hall.
T
h
er
e
w
o
u
ld
b
e
n
o
m
o
r
e
sl
ee
p
f
o
r
h
er
.
I
t
was
be
st
to
j
u
st
acc
e
pt
it
n
o
w
and
sta
r
t h
e
r
d
ay.
She
t
ur
n
e
d
the
b
ath
r
oo
m
light
o
n
with
s
haking
han
d
s
and
si
g
h
ed
.
“
Y
o
u’r
e thi
r
ty
y
e
a
r
s
o
l
d
,
O
livia.
D
o
n
’
t
y
o
u thi
n
k
it
i
s
time
t
o
l
e
t
go
o
f
this?”
Bu
t
that
is
n
o
t
what D
r
.
S
a
n
der
s
had
t
o
ld
h
e
r to
say.
S
he
t
r
i
e
d
again,
“I am
a
st
r
o
ng,
g
r
o
wn
w
o
m
a
n.
I
am
in c
o
nt
r
o
l
o
f my s
urr
o
u
n
d
ings and
m
y lif
e
.
I
am s
e
c
ur
e
and
safe
and
e
mp
o
w
er
e
d
.”
Wh
e
n
she
fini
s
h
e
d
re
li
e
ving
h
er
s
e
lf
and
final
l
y
clim
be
d
i
nto
the
s
h
o
w
er
,
s
he
was still chilly
a
nd
had
sta
r
t
e
d
to
c
r
y.
“
A
n
o
th
e
r
fa
bu
l
o
u
s
n
ight, I
s
ee
,”
E
ll
e
n
sai
d
.
“
I’
ve
had
be
tt
e
r
.”
L
iv
typ
e
d
the
statistics
in
t
o
the
c
o
mp
u
t
e
r
file and h
o
p
e
d
that
h
e
r f
r
i
e
nd
w
o
u
ld l
e
t
it
g
o
.
E
ll
e
n
was
a
w
o
n
der
f
u
l
f
r
i
e
nd
bu
t
s
he
c
o
u
ld
b
e
a
b
it
a
gg
re
ssive wh
e
n
it came
to
h
e
r
o
pini
o
n.
“
W
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
it
b
e
be
tt
e
r
if
y
o
u w
e
nt
ah
e
ad
and ma
d
e
an
app
o
i
ntm
e
nt
inst
e
ad
o
f t
o
r
t
ur
ing
y
o
ur
s
e
lf?”
“
D
o
n
’
t n
ee
d
o
n
e
.”
“
Y
o
u
h
ave
ci
r
cl
e
s
u
n
de
r
y
o
u
r
e
y
e
s
that l
o
o
k l
i
ke
y
o
u
sh
o
u
ld
b
e
o
n
a f
o
o
t
b
all
fi
e
l
d
.” “
F
oo
t
b
all?”
L
iv la
u
gh
ed
.
“
Y
o
u
k
n
o
w,
that c
r
ap
th
e
y
s
m
e
ar
u
n
de
r
th
e
ir
e
y
e
s.”
E
ll
e
n
th
re
w
h
e
r
h
a
n
d
s
u
p. “
O
kay, y
o
u
l
o
o
k like
shit.
T
hat
’
s what I
m
e
an.
D
o
e
s that make
s
e
ns
e
?”
L
iv
t
r
i
e
d
n
o
t
t
o
smile
and
fa
i
l
ed
.
“R
o
g
e
r
that.
I’
m
fin
e
.
R
e
ally.
I
j
u
st
d
i
d
n
’
t
g
e
t
e
n
o
u
gh sl
ee
p.”
“
A
nd
w
h
y
is that,
L
ivvi
e
?”
E
ll
e
n
t
ur
n
e
d
f
r
o
m h
e
r
c
o
mp
u
t
e
r
and
attack
e
d
h
e
r al
re
a
d
y
s
h
o
r
t
nai
l
s
with
a
nail
fil
e
.
I
f
Dick,
the
o
ffice
man
a
g
er
,
ca
u
ght
h
e
r
d
o
i
ng
that, she
was t
o
ast.
“
Be
ca
u
se
I
d
i
d
n
’
t?”
“
Be
ca
u
se
y
o
u
dre
am
e
d
o
f
it
all
o
v
e
r
again,
y
e
s?
Be
ca
u
se
y
o
u had
the
same nightma
re
s
y
o
u’
ve
had
f
o
re
v
e
r
and a
d
ay.
A
nd
th
e
y
a
r
e
all
be
ing
agg
r
avat
e
d
b
y
that p
r
ick
K
e
vin calling h
ere
.”
L
iv
p
u
t
h
e
r
h
e
ad
d
o
wn,
de
t
e
r
min
e
d
n
o
t
to
g
e
t
u
ps
e
t.
K
e
vin
was
calli
n
g,
s
ure
,
bu
t she
was a
b
ig gi
r
l
and
s
he
c
o
u
ld
han
d
le
it.
He
was
j
u
st
a g
u
y
a
nd
if
s
he
f
e
lt
the
n
eed
,
she w
o
u
ld
pick
u
p the
p
h
o
ne
and
d
ial 9-1-1 and
l
e
t th
e
m
han
d
le
him.
“
L
iv,”
E
ll
e
n
sigh
ed
,
r
o
lling
t
o
wa
r
d
h
e
r
o
n h
e
r
de
sk
chai
r
,
“
y
o
u
h
ave
t
o
g
e
t
that
man g
o
n
e
.
G
e
t
him
o
u
t
o
f
y
o
u
r
lif
e
.
Y
o
u had
to
de
al
with
a
v
i
o
l
e
nt
a
s
s
all
th
r
o
u
gh
y
o
u
r g
r
o
wing-
u
p y
e
a
r
s,
y
o
u
s
h
o
u
ld
n
o
t have
t
o
de
al
with a g
u
y w
h
o
hits
y
o
u
n
o
w.”
“
I’
m n
o
t
de
aling with him. H
e’
s g
o
n
e
.”
“H
e’
s
n
o
t
g
o
ne
if
h
e’
s
calling
y
o
u
.
H
e’
s
j
u
st
ha
r
assing
y
o
u
via
p
h
o
ne
as
o
pp
o
s
e
d
t
o in p
er
s
o
n.”
E
ll
e
n
’
s
lips
w
er
e
s
e
t
in
a
thin,
ti
g
ht
l
ine
and
it
h
ur
t
L
iv
to
s
e
e it.
She
j
u
st
want
e
d things
t
o
b
e
be
tt
e
r
.
She
j
u
st want
e
d
to
g
e
t th
r
o
u
gh this. “
I’
ll w
o
r
k it
o
u
t. I
p
r
o
m
is
e
.”
“
Y
o
u
can
’
t l
e
t
h
i
m
ru
le
y
o
u
r
l
if
e
.” “I
w
o
n
’
t.”
T
he
ph
o
ne
r
ang
and
th
e
y
b
o
th
sta
re
d
at
it.
T
he
t
ru
th w
a
s
it
c
o
u
ld
b
e
a
n
y
o
n
e
.
A
ny
o
ne
at all. She
was at w
o
r
k, aft
e
r
all. So
w
h
y was she
so
s
ur
e
it was h
i
m?
“
I
t
’
s
that a
s
sh
o
l
e
,”
E
ll
e
n
h
iss
ed
,
c
o
nfi
r
ming
L
iv
’
s s
u
spici
o
n.
F
o
r
s
o
me
re
as
o
n
that st
ru
ck
h
e
r
as
e
xt
re
m
e
ly
f
u
nny.
L
iv sta
r
t
e
d
to
la
u
gh.
S
he
h
e
a
r
d h
er
s
e
lf
and f
e
lt
panic
in
h
e
r
be
lly.
E
v
e
n
t
o
h
e
r
o
wn
e
a
r
s,
h
e
r
la
u
gh
s
o
u
n
de
d
h
igh
and anx
i
o
u
s.
“
H
e
ll
o
?”
H
e
r
han
d
s s
h
oo
k
a
nd
h
e
r
st
o
mach flip-f
l
o
pp
ed
.
