Base Nature (104 page)

L
iv
r
an
u
p
the
f
r
o
nt
st
e
ps,
m
a
r
v
e
ling
at
h
o
w
s
ure
f
oo
t
e
d
she
was n
o
w. She
was
the p
er
s
o
n
w
h
o
st
u
m
b
l
ed
,
f
e
ll,
l
o
st
h
e
r
b
alance and
b
asically
e
m
b
o
d
i
e
d
kl
u
tzy.
N
o
w
s
he man
eu
v
e
r
e
d
hil
l
s
and
v
all
e
ys,
r
o
cks
and
u
nsta
b
le
s
ur
fac
e
s
l
i
ke
a
p
r
o
.
T
he
r
ich
sm
e
ll
o
f fat and
s
u
gar
fill
e
d
h
e
r
h
e
ad
and
h
e
r
s
t
o
mach
ru
m
b
l
e
d
.

She
n
ud
g
e
d
the
d
oo
r with
h
e
r
hip
a
nd
st
e
pp
e
d
into
the
gl
o
o
my
h
o
u
s
e
,
v
er
y
m
u
ch like a
t
o
m
b
.
A
t
o
mb
o
f
h
e
r
chil
d
h
o
o
d
.
A
t
o
mb
o
f
the
b
ad she
h
ad
e
n
dur
e
d
.
Le
aving
h
er
e with
G
a
rre
tt,
w
o
r
king
all
th
i
s
shit
o
u
t,
w
o
u
ld
b
e
like a
reb
i
r
th.
C
o
ming
b
ack
f
r
o
m
the
de
a
d
.
I
t
c
o
u
ld
o
n
l
y g
e
t
be
tt
er
.

L
iv
f
o
u
nd
him
in
the
bedr
oo
m,
in
w
o
lf
f
o
r
m,
sl
ee
ping.
T
he
w
o
u
nd
in
his
ch
e
st
n
o
t so
v
isi
b
le
th
r
o
u
gh
h
i
s
f
ur
.
She was
s
ur
e
it
’
d
b
e
w
o
r
se as
a
man.
He t
o
ld h
er
,
s
o
m
e
wh
e
r
e in
the
m
i
dd
le
o
f
the
n
i
ght,
that
l
e
tting
hims
e
lf
b
e
w
o
lf was
e
asi
er
.
I
t
w
o
u
ld
c
o
n
s
er
ve
his
e
n
er
gy
and h
e’
d
h
e
al
fast
er
.
She
p
l
o
pp
e
d
d
o
wn
and
bru
sh
e
d
the
f
u
r
o
n
h
is
n
o
s
e
,
l
e
an
e
d in and
whisp
ered
,
“I
have
d
o
n
u
ts and
c
o
ff
ee
,
w
o
lf
bo
y. Will y
o
u
wake
u
p
f
o
r
m
e
?”

He
o
p
e
n
e
d
his
e
y
e
s,
the
c
o
l
o
r
o
f
Jan
u
a
r
y
ice
and pant
ed
.
She t
r
i
e
d
t
o
wa
t
ch
h
im change
bu
t
again
it
was
t
o
o
fast.
A
jitt
er
y
b
l
u
r
o
f
swi
r
ling
m
o
ti
o
n
and
c
o
l
o
r
and
th
er
e was
h
e
r
G
a
rre
tt,
g
o
r
g
e
o
u
sly nak
ed
,
m
u
ss
e
d
h
ai
r
,
st
ubb
ly
fac
e
,
g
r
inn
i
ng
at h
er
.
“
Did
y
o
u say
c
o
ff
ee
?”
he
s
a
id
bu
t
he
s
niff
e
d
the
air
and
t
o
r
e
o
p
e
n
the
b
ag. “W
o
w.
A
nd
s
e
v
e
n p
o
u
n
d
s
o
f
do
n
u
ts.”

“I
was j
u
st
g
r
a
bb
ing,”
L
iv sai
d
, la
u
ghing.

“What
d
o
y
o
u want,
little
gi
r
l,
a
s
k
e
d
the
b
ig
b
ad
w
o
lf,”
he sai
d
,
w
a
ving
a
be
ar
claw in h
e
r
fac
e
.

L
iv saw
the
w
o
u
nd
gape
a
b
it
as he
m
o
v
e
d
h
is
a
r
m. Saw
the
dee
p
e
n
e
d
lin
e
s
a
r
o
u
nd his
fac
e
,
s
aw
h
o
w
pale
he
was.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
d
a
r
t
e
d
to
the
bedd
ing
and
the
ru
st
-
c
o
l
o
re
d stain
th
ere
.
N
o
t a
wi
d
e
stain
bu
t
w
h
o
k
n
e
w
h
o
w
dee
p
?
W
ho
kn
e
w
h
o
w many
lay
er
s
o
f the
matt
re
ss
w
er
e
cl
o
ude
d
with
his
b
l
o
o
d
?
She saw
him
wince and shift
the
past
r
y
f
r
o
m
o
ne
hand
to
the
o
th
er
.

“
G
a
rre
t
t,”
she
sai
d
,
re
aching
f
o
r
h
im.
He
s
hi
e
d
f
r
o
m
h
er
,
p
u
lling
that
s
i
d
e
o
f
h
i
s
b
o
d
y
b
ack.
“
G
a
rre
tt,”
she
said
a
gain,
t
e
a
r
ing
u
p,
h
e
r
th
r
o
at
c
l
o
sing. He
was h
ur
ting,
he was
b
l
eed
ing,
f
o
r
h
er
.

“
I
t
’
s
f
in
e
.”
He
b
it
i
nto
the
d
o
n
u
t,
ch
e
wing. “I
j
u
st
n
ee
d
f
oo
d
.”
“
G
a
rre
t
t,
we
h
ave
t
o
go
b
ack. N
o
w. Y
o
u
n
ee
d
th
e
m
to
h
e
lp
y
o
u
.” “
Y
o
u
h
e
lp m
e
,” he
sai
d
.

“I
d
o
n
’
t
think
th
e
y
’
ll
d
o
anyth
i
ng
to
m
e
,
G
a
rre
tt.
Bu
t
if
th
e
y
d
o
,
I
de
s
er
ve
it,
I
kill
e
d a man.”

“He
wa
s
n
’
t
a
man. He
was a
c
o
wa
rd
,”
G
a
rre
tt
s
a
i
d
,
his
e
y
e
s
d
a
r
k
with
pain and ang
er
.

“What
e
v
er
.
I
t
o
o
k a lif
e
.
A
nd
I
can
’
t take
y
o
ur
s. Y
o
u
n
ee
d
h
e
lp.”

“
Y
o
u
h
e
lp
m
e
,”
he
said aga
i
n,
p
u
lling
h
e
r
in
and k
i
ssing
h
er
.
His
m
o
u
th
wa
r
m
and f
u
ll
o
f
s
u
gar
g
laz
e
.
“Y
o
u’r
e
all I
n
ee
d
n
o
w,
L
iv. I
w
o
n
’
t
g
o
b
ack
u
ntil
I
k
n
o
w
th
e
y
u
n
der
stan
d
.”

L
iv
n
o
dde
d
bu
t
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
w
e
nt
t
o
the
r
agg
e
d h
o
le in
his
ch
e
st
again.
S
he
kn
e
w
it s
h
o
u
ld
b
e
m
u
ch
sm
a
ll
e
r
if
n
o
t
n
e
a
r
ly
g
o
ne
b
y
n
o
w.
I
t
wasn
’
t.
A
nd
that
sca
re
d
the
h
e
ll
o
u
t
o
f h
er
.

*
*
*
*
*

H
e
aling

G
a
rre
t
t
c
o
u
ld
f
ee
l
the
w
o
rr
y
r
o
lling
o
ff
L
iv
l
i
ke
sm
o
ke
f
r
o
m
an
o
i
l
fi
re
.
He
t
r
i
e
d
to ig
n
o
r
e
it, he
a
l
so
t
r
i
e
d
to
act as if n
o
t
hing was w
r
o
n
g
bu
t
the
pain was
r
a
d
iating
u
p f
r
o
m his ch
e
st,
a
r
o
u
nd
the
b
ack
o
f his sh
o
u
l
de
r
a
nd
d
o
wn his
a
r
m.
T
he
b
l
eed
ing
had
tap
er
e
d
o
ff
u
nl
e
ss
he m
o
v
e
d t
o
o
m
u
ch
and p
r
o
v
o
k
e
d
it
bu
t
he f
e
a
r
e
d
inf
e
cti
o
n
had s
e
t
in.
He c
o
u
ld
s
m
e
ll
a
s
light
sp
o
i
l
e
d
sc
e
nt
wh
e
n
he m
o
v
e
d
a
c
er
tain
w
a
y
and
if
that
was
h
im
he was
sm
e
lling,
he had a
na
rr
o
w
w
i
n
d
o
w
o
f
t
re
atm
e
nt
be
f
o
r
e
thi
n
gs
g
o
t
m
o
r
e c
o
mplicat
ed
.
Bu
t
o
ff
er
ing
h
e
r
u
p
t
o
the
e
l
der
s
to
p
o
s
si
b
ly
make
a
n
e
xample
o
f was
t
o
o m
u
ch.
I
t
wasn
’
t
h
o
w
it n
o
r
mally play
e
d
f
o
r
the
pack
bu
t
o
nce
o
r
twice
A
.J.
had
a
r
g
ue
d f
o
r
and
w
o
n
p
u
nishm
e
nt
f
o
r
r
o
g
u
e
w
o
lv
e
s
that
s
ee
m
e
d
way
m
o
r
e
i
nt
e
nse
than
the c
r
im
e
.
A
nd
A
.J.
d
i
d
n
’
t
take
v
er
y
k
i
n
d
ly to
chang
e
lings. He
was a
b
it
o
f a
b
l
o
o
d
line
s
n
o
b
.