Base Nature (81 page)

K
e
lly
swa
t
t
e
d
him
with
a
t
o
w
e
l
and sc
o
wl
ed
.
“
D
o
n
’
t
b
e
s
u
ch
a
sma
r
t
a
s
s.
I’
m
g
o
ing to
call Ch
e
st
e
r
and
t
e
ll him
I’
m
o
k
a
y. H
e’
s
a
b
it
o
f a
m
o
th
e
r
h
e
n if I
do
n
’
t
ch
e
ck in.”

G
a
rre
t
t
g
r
inn
ed
.
H
o
w
l
u
cky
w
er
e
th
e
y?
A
nd
d
id th
e
y
k
n
o
w
it.
T
hat
m
u
ch
l
o
ve aft
e
r all
th
e
se
y
e
a
r
s.
K
e
lly
re
ad
his
fac
e
,
smil
ed
.
“Y
e
s,
I’
ve
g
o
t
it
g
oo
d and
s
o
d
o
y
o
u
.
I’
ll
s
e
nd him
y
o
u
r
l
o
v
e
,”
s
he
sai
d
.

“
D
o
that
!
”
G
a
rre
tt
call
e
d
and
st
e
pp
e
d
ou
t
i
nto
the
O
ct
o
be
r
r
ain.

T
he
ou
tsi
d
e
l
o
o
k
e
d
f
i
ne
bu
t
he c
o
u
ld
s
m
e
ll
the sha
r
p,
nasty
o
d
o
r
o
f
K
e
vin
’
s
r
age as h
e’
d
ci
r
cl
e
d
the
h
o
u
s
e
.
G
a
rre
tt
sn
ee
z
e
d
th
re
e
tim
e
s
and
th
e
n
w
e
nt
to
the
b
ack
d
oo
r
.
He

u
s
e
d
the
k
e
y
that
L
iv
h
ad
giv
e
n
h
im
f
r
o
m
h
e
r
r
o
b
e
p
o
ck
e
t.
T
he
h
o
u
se
sm
e
ll
e
d
l
i
ke
h
er
.
E
a
r
th
and
la
u
ght
e
r
and
lav
e
n
der
.

N
o
s
o
u
n
d
.
J
u
st
the
tick
o
f
the
o
v
er
siz
e
d
c
l
o
ck
o
n
the wall
and a
dr
ipping
fa
u
c
e
t
u
pstai
r
s.
S
u
n
d
ay
was
be
ing
q
u
i
e
t
in this
h
o
u
s
e
.
What
w
o
u
ld
happ
e
n
M
o
n
d
ay,
he w
o
n
dered
.
W
o
u
ld
she
call in sick?
H
e’
d
re
mind
h
e
r
o
f the
d
ay
a
nd
l
e
t
h
e
r
de
ci
de
.
I
t
was
e
asy l
o
s
i
ng t
r
ack
o
f time
wh
e
n
y
o
u
r
b
o
d
y was
m
o
r
phing.

T
he
p
h
o
ne
r
ang
and
he j
u
mp
e
d
be
f
o
r
e
he
re
c
o
gniz
e
d
the s
o
u
n
d
.
Mr
.
Ber
g
e
r
d
o
wn the
st
ree
t
was
w
o
r
king
o
n
his
chain
saw,
re
vving
it
and
th
e
n
c
u
tting
it
o
ff,
re
vving
it and
th
e
n
c
u
tting
it
o
ff.
T
his
m
u
st
b
e
a
fall
r
it
u
al
f
o
r
h
im,
be
ca
u
s
e
he
was
p
r
o
ne
t
o
d
o
ing it f
o
r
a
b
o
u
t
an
h
o
u
r
e
v
er
y
d
ay
s
ince
the
w
e
ath
e
r
had
chang
ed
.

“
L
ivvi
e
,
L
ivvi
e
,
L
ivvi
e
!
Wh
er
e
a
r
e
y
o
u
?
Call
m
e
!
I
f
y
o
u
do
n
’
t
call
m
e
,
I’
m
g
o
ing
to
b
e
sa
d
.
H
o
pe y
o
u
r w
ee
k
e
nd
is
g
o
i
n
g
w
e
ll.
H
o
pe
y
o
u’r
e
re
sting
u
p
f
o
r F
red’
s
b
ig
s
li
d
e s
h
o
w
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w.
C
o
ff
e
e
f
i
lt
er
s
have
n
e
v
e
r
bee
n
this
e
xciting.
E
sp
e
cially
f
o
r
u
s
s
u
pp
o
r
t staff
w
h
o
h
a
ve
n
o
th
i
ng
t
o
d
o
with
the
act
u
al
s
e
lling
o
f
o
u
r
p
r
o
du
cts.”
T
he
w
o
man s
n
o
r
t
e
d
and
G
a
rre
tt
s
m
il
ed
.
“
O
h,
this
i
s
E
ll
e
n,
b
y
the
w
a
y.
Which
y
o
u s
h
o
u
ld
k
n
o
w.
Bu
t j
u
st
i
n case
y
o
u’
v
e
…l
o
st
y
o
u
r
m
i
n
d
.
I
t
’
s m
e
!
Call m
e
!
L
at
er
,
gat
o
r
.”
A
nd
th
e
n a
bee
p
a
nd she
h
u
ng
u
p.

T
hat
was
the
o
ne
g
oo
d f
r
i
e
nd
that
L
iv
had
m
e
nt
i
o
n
ed
.
He was
l
i
st
e
ning
to
the s
o
u
n
d
s
o
f
a
life
f
o
re
v
e
r
chang
ed
.
L
iv
’
s
o
ld lif
e
.
He
f
o
u
nd
h
ims
e
lf
be
ing
g
r
at
e
f
u
l
t
o
the st
r
ang
e
r
f
o
r l
o
o
ki
n
g
o
u
t
f
o
r
L
iv.
F
o
r
ca
r
ing
a
b
o
u
t
h
er
.
He lik
e
d
h
e
r al
re
a
d
y
and
h
o
p
e
d that
o
ne
d
ay th
e
y
’
d
m
ee
t.