Dancing Tides (18 page)

H
e
h
a
d d
e
vo
t
e
d
f
ive
d
e
c
a
d
e
s of
his li
fe
,
a
lo
n
g
w
ith
his
w
i
f
e
M
a
r
y
b
y
his side
e
v
e
r
y
s
t
e
p of
the
w
a
y
, to s
a
vi
n
g
a
v
ar
i
e
t
y
of
a
nim
a
ls.
F
r
om
p
e
li
ca
ns to dolphins to s
e
a
tu
r
tl
e
s, up
a
nd do
w
n the
C
a
li
f
o
r
nia
c
o
a
stlin
e
,
t
he
n
a
me
Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
s
tood
f
or
re
s
c
u
e
a
nd
a
s
a
n
c
tu
a
r
y
f
or
t
h
e
si
c
k or inju
re
d
w
h
e
r
e
th
e
y
w
ou
l
d h
a
ve
the
c
h
a
n
c
e
to th
r
ive
b
ef
o
r
e
re
t
u
r
ning
to the
s
ea
.

A
long
the
w
a
y
, h
e
’
d
g
a
i
n
e
d a
re
pu
t
a
tion
f
or
f
i
g
ht
i
ng
g
r
ee
d
y
l
a
nd
d
e
v
e
lop
er
s
a
nd
c
o
rr
upt politi
c
i
a
ns.
F
or
in
a
ll th
a
t tim
e
, he
n
e
v
e
r
o
n
c
e
tu
r
n
e
d do
w
n the
c
h
a
n
c
e
to s
a
ve
a
st
ar
vi
n
g
, st
ra
nd
e
d, or
inju
re
d
a
nim
a
l.

T
h
a
t is, until a
h
ear
t
a
tt
a
c
k
a
t the
a
g
e
of
s
e
v
e
n
t
y
-
s
e
v
e
n put
a
n
e
nd to a
li
f
e
t
h
a
t, up to th
e
n, h
a
d p
re
t
t
y
mu
c
h
g
a
in
e
d
t
he
re
sp
e
c
t of
w
ildli
f
e
lo
v
er
s on
f
our
c
ontin
e
nts. Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
didn
’
t just p
reac
h
a
bout the
p
re
s
er
v
a
tion
a
nd
c
on
s
er
v
a
ti
o
n, he
b
ac
k
e
d up
w
h
a
t he
s
a
id
w
ith his o
w
n doll
ar
s.

A
nd th
e
n
e
l
e
v
e
n months
a
nd
f
ive
d
a
y
s
af
t
e
r
Ke
e
g
a
n h
a
d bu
r
i
e
d h
e
r
b
e
lov
e
d
g
r
a
nd
fa
t
h
er
, a b
r
ok
e
n
-
h
e
ar
t
e
d
M
a
r
y
F
a
nning
h
a
d
g
o
n
e
to b
e
d t
w
o d
a
y
s
b
ef
o
r
e
T
h
a
nk
s
g
iv
i
ng
a
nd d
i
e
d p
ea
c
ef
ul
l
y
in
h
e
r
sl
ee
p.

M
a
r
y
F
a
nning
h
a
d
f
oll
o
we
d Po
r
t
e
r
into
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
oth
e
r
r
e
a
lm
e
x
ists.

Ke
e
g
a
n lik
e
d to think th
a
t
w
h
ere
v
e
r
th
e
y
w
ere
, th
e
y
w
er
e
t
o
g
e
t
h
e
r
a
nd
h
a
p
p
y
w
ith
a
ll the
a
nim
a
ls th
a
t h
a
d
c
ome
a
n
d
g
o
n
e
in th
e
ir
liv
e
s o
v
e
r
the
y
e
ar
s.

T
h
e
ir
d
ea
ths tho
u
g
h h
a
d
l
ef
t
Ke
e
g
a
n
w
ith
a
n
e
mp
t
y
hole
in h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t. She
h
a
dn
’
t just b
ee
n d
e
v
a
st
a
t
e
d the
p
a
st
fe
w
months but a
little
lost
a
s
we
ll.
S
he’
d
a
l
w
a
y
s
b
ee
n
a
ble
to
re
l
y
on th
e
m
f
or
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
nd
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
.

A
nd no
w
, she
h
a
d no o
n
e
.