Base Nature (40 page)

“
Y
o
u
a
re
?
Wh
er
e
d
o
y
o
u
n
ee
d
t
o
be
?”
He
sti
rre
d
the
e
ggs g
e
ntly.

“
W
o
r
k
!
”
L
iv
l
oo
k
e
d
t
o
r
n
be
tw
e
e
n
ang
e
r
and
t
e
a
r
s
and
he
t
r
i
e
d
ha
r
d
n
o
t
t
o
smil
e
. “
Y
o
u
w
o
r
k
o
n
Sat
urd
ays?”
he
ask
ed
.
He
k
e
pt
his
e
y
e
s
o
n
the
st
o
v
e
t
o
p
while
she

^{d
ig
e
st
e
d
that.}

“
I
t
’
s
Sat
urd
ay?”
She
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
e
r
r
o
b
e
and h
e
r
ni
g
htg
o
wn
at
h
e
r
f
ee
t.
T
h
e
y whisp
ere
d
in
t
o
a white
and
re
d
pil
e
.

“Y
e
s
ma
’
am.
A
ll
d
ay
l
o
ng.”
G
a
rre
tt
fin
a
lly
g
ave
in and
g
r
inn
ed
.
T
h
e
n he
la
u
gh
e
d
be
ca
u
s
e
she
was la
u
ghing, h
e
r
s
h
o
u
l
der
s
s
haking with h
e
r
giggl
e
s.

“Da
m
n. I
was t
err
ifi
ed
.
T
err
ifi
e
d
an
d
—
H
e
y, a
r
e
y
o
u
maki
n
g f
o
o
d
?”

A w
o
m
a
n
with
a
g
o
o
d
app
e
tit
e
.
He
t
h
o
u
ght
he
j
u
st
mi
g
ht
d
i
e
.
“I
am.
I am
mak
i
ng s
o
me
b
ac
o
n
and
e
ggs
and
b
isc
u
its
and
o
r
ange
j
u
ic
e
.
I
d
o
n
’
t
s
u
pp
o
se
y
o
u
l
ike
a
n
y
o
f th
o
se
thin
g
s.”

L
iv c
re
pt
f
o
r
wa
rd
.
H
e’
d
s
ee
n
w
e
ak
e
r
anima
l
s
d
o
that
in the
f
o
re
st,
c
ree
p
f
o
r
wa
r
d
t
o s
e
e
what
th
e
y
c
o
u
ld
s
ee
.
T
o
s
e
e if
th
e
y
c
o
u
ld
g
e
t
a
m
o
r
s
e
l
f
o
r th
e
ms
e
lv
e
s.
Bu
t
h
u
mans w
er
e
n
o
t
animals
i
n
the
u
s
u
al
re
sp
e
ct
and the
fact
that
she
app
r
o
ach
e
d
h
i
m,
e
v
e
n ca
u
ti
o
u
sly, was a g
o
o
d
sign. “I
d
o
. I
l
o
ve
all
o
f th
o
se
things.”

“
D
o
y
o
u
l
o
ve
c
o
ff
ee
?
St
r
o
ng c
o
ff
ee
,
b
e
wa
r
n
ed
.”

L
iv
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
e
r
h
e
ad
i
n
m
o
ck
f
ru
st
r
ati
o
n.
He
c
o
u
ld
s
m
e
ll
h
e
r
high spi
r
its
and playf
u
ln
e
ss
and
the sm
e
ll
to
h
i
m
was
as
p
er
f
e
ct
as
f
re
sh
air and s
u
nshin
e
.
“I g
ue
ss
I can f
o
r
ce
mys
e
lf
to
dr
ink
s
o
me
st
r
o
ng, f
re
sh
c
o
ff
ee
.”
She
f
o
r
c
e
d
a sigh and
s
h
u
ffl
e
d
f
o
r
wa
r
d in
the
t
o
o
b
ig,
s
l
o
u
chy
s
o
cks. H
e
r
m
a
nn
e
r
was
e
asi
e
r
n
o
w,
n
o
t
t
e
nse
and
st
re
ss
e
d
bu
t happy
and
l
o
o
s
e
.
G
a
rre
tt
han
de
d
h
e
r
a
m
u
g and
she
fill
e
d
it with
d
a
r
k
bre
w.
H
e
r
br
o
wn
e
y
e
s
w
er
e
cl
e
ar
de
spite
th
e
ir
m
e
ag
e
r
sl
ee
p
and
h
e
r
b
ad
dre
ams.
G
a
rre
tt
h
ad
n
o
int
e
nti
o
n
o
f
l
e
tting
o
n
that
he had
witn
e
ss
e
d
h
e
r
u
nc
o
n
sci
o
u
s
t
o
r
t
u
r
e
s.
S
he
sipp
e
d
and
r
o
ll
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s.

“
G
o
o
d
?”

“
D
o
e
s a
be
ar
s
h—n
e
v
e
r
m
in
d
.”

G
a
rre
t
t
be
nt
in and
k
i
ss
e
d
h
er
.
H
e
r
m
o
u
th tast
e
d
like
t
oo
thpaste
and
he
la
u
gh
ed
. “What?”

“Did
y
o
u
d
o
the
o
ld
f
ing
er
-
t
o
o
th
bru
sh
t
r
ick?”

She
sipp
e
d
again
a
nd
s
nick
er
e
d
.
“I
d
i
d
.
G
u
ilty as cha
r
g
ed
.”

He
t
oo
k
the
m
u
g
f
r
o
m
h
e
r
and
p
u
ll
e
d
h
e
r
i
n
br
i
e
fly
f
o
r
a h
u
g.
“
Y
o
u
sm
e
ll
n
ic
e
,”
he sai
d
, his c
o
ck
a
g
ree
ing
wh
o
l
e
h
e
a
r
t
ed
ly
b
y g
r
o
wing
stiff
e
r
with
e
ach s
e
c
o
nd
s
he
was this cl
o
s
e
.

“I
sm
e
ll like
s
e
x,”
s
he
wh
i
sp
e
r
ed
. “Which I
happ
e
n
t
o
think
s
m
e
lls
n
ic
e
.”

“
D
o
e
s it
s
m
e
ll
d
iff
ere
nt
f
o
r
y
o
u
?” she
ask
ed
,
p
u
shi
n
g h
e
r
p
e
lvis to
h
i
s c
o
ck.

G
a
rre
t
t
ca
u
ght
h
e
r
m
o
u
th
u
p
in
a
k
iss
and
t
r
i
e
d
to
b
e
g
e
ntl
e
.
I
t
was
an
e
ff
o
r
t
that was
failing
h
im,
fast.
“
I
t
’
s
m
o
r
e
int
e
ns
e
.
I think
I can
sm
e
ll
lay
er
s
o
f
me
o
n
y
o
u
,
that
y
o
u can
’
t.”
A
nd
it ma
d
e
him n
u
ts
bu
t
he
d
i
d
n
’
t
t
e
ll
h
e
r
that
pa
r
t.