Base Nature (52 page)

P
ie

“J
e
s
u
s, pl
e
ase
u
s
!
”
L
iv c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t st
o
p la
u
ghi
n
g th
o
u
gh as
G
a
rre
tt
f
u
m
b
l
e
d
to
ya
n
k
u
p h
e
r
j
e
ans and
th
e
n
act
u
ally
h
e
lp
h
e
r
u
p
o
ff
the
h
a
y-scatt
e
r
e
d
g
r
o
u
n
d
.
He
g
r
a
bbe
d
the f
e
nce
and
sta
bbe
d
the
p
o
st
b
ack
in
t
o
the
g
r
o
u
nd
dee
p
e
n
o
u
gh to
k
ee
p
it
u
p
r
ight.
Pr
o
b
a
b
ly
dee
p
e
r
th
a
n it
h
ad
bee
n
to
be
gin with. “
I’
m
g
ue
ssi
n
g
a n
o
r
mal man c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t have
d
o
ne
that?”

G
a
rre
t
t
s
h
ru
gg
ed
.
“
Pr
o
b
a
b
ly n
o
t.”
He
bu
ckl
e
d
his
be
lt
j
u
st
a
s a
family
o
f
f
o
u
r
r
o
u
n
de
d
the
be
n
d
,
t
o
ting
apple
b
ask
e
ts
with th
e
m.
M
o
m,
D
ad
and
the
two
y
o
u
n
g
bo
ys smil
e
d
and sta
r
t
e
d
g
r
a
bb
ing
f
ru
it
f
ro
m
the
t
ree
s.
“Wh
e
w.
T
hat
was
cl
o
s
e
.”
He
be
nt
to c
o
ll
e
ct
th
e
ir
appl
e
s
and
L
iv
l
e
t
h
er
s
e
lf
a
d
mi
r
e
the
br
o
ad m
u
scl
e
s
o
f
his
b
ack
j
u
mping
u
n
de
r
his navy
p
u
ll
o
v
er
.
T
he
w
a
y
the
late
aft
er
n
oo
n s
u
n
s
o
m
e
h
o
w t
ur
n
e
d
the
c
o
ff
e
e c
o
l
o
r
o
f his hair
to
bur
nt
ca
r
am
e
l
in plac
e
s.
T
he
way he
sm
e
ll
ed
.

She
be
nt,
bru
shing
his
fi
n
g
e
r
with
h
er
s
as
s
he
h
e
lp
e
d
pick
u
p
the scatt
e
r
e
d
f
ru
it.
He t
ur
n
e
d
h
i
s
h
e
ad
and she
b
o
l
d
ly
plant
e
d
a
kiss
o
n
h
i
s
m
o
u
th.
“Cl
o
se
bu
t
w
o
r
th
it,”
she whisp
ered
,
h
e
r
l
ips p
re
ss
e
d
to
h
is
e
a
r
l
o
b
e
s
o
o
nly he
c
o
u
ld
h
e
a
r
.

“Ca
re
f
u
l,”
G
a
rre
tt
g
r
o
wl
ed
,
sna
g
ging
the
last
apple
and
p
l
o
pping
it in
with the
o
th
er
s.
“K
ee
p
that
u
p
a
nd
it
’
ll
happ
e
n
again.
A
nd I
d
o
n
’
t
want
to
scar the
Br
a
d
y
Bu
nch f
o
r
lif
e
.”

She
n
o
dded
,
g
i
ggling
bu
t
that
sha
r
p
j
u
mp
o
f
e
xcit
e
m
e
nt
in h
e
r
m
a
d
e
h
e
r
f
ee
l
e
l
e
c
t
r
ic.
G
a
rre
tt
G
u
stafs
o
n
d
id
re
ally,
re
ally w
e
i
r
d
things
t
o
h
er
.
T
h
ings
s
he
lik
ed
.

“
Le
t
’
s
go
th
e
n,
we
have
e
n
o
u
gh
f
o
r me
to
m
ake
y
o
u a
pi
e
,”
she
s
ai
d
.
A
n
o
d
d
d
o
m
e
stic
b
liss
h
ad s
e
ttl
e
d
o
v
e
r h
er
.
She
r
a
re
ly
m
a
d
e
pi
e
s,
t
h
o
u
gh
the
o
n
e
s
s
he
d
id
m
ake
o
nce
in
a
b
l
u
e
m
o
o
n
w
er
e
d
amn
g
o
o
d
.
She
h
ad
no
o
ne to
m
ake
pi
e
s
f
o
r
.
D
ur
ing
the h
o
l
i
d
ays
she
w
o
u
ld
b
ake
f
o
r
E
ll
e
n
and the
o
ffice
and
if
she
w
e
nt
h
o
me
to
visit,
s
h
e’
d
b
ake
with
h
e
r
m
o
m.
O
n
a w
ee
kly
b
asis,
t
h
o
u
gh,
h
e
r
sw
ee
ts
w
er
e
st
o
r
e
b
o
u
ght.
N
o
s
e
nse in g
e
tting fancy j
u
st f
o
r
y
o
ur
s
e
lf.