Base Nature (89 page)

K
e
lly j
u
mp
e
d
a
d
o
wn
e
d
t
ree
,
s
m
e
ll
e
d
a f
o
x n
e
a
rb
y,
k
e
pt g
o
i
ng.

G
a
rre
t
t
c
o
u
ld
b
e
happy
again.
G
a
rre
tt
c
o
u
ld
b
e
wh
o
l
e
.
Bu
t
if
L
iv
k
i
ll
e
d
s
he
w
o
u
ld have
to
answ
e
r
f
o
r
it.
Killing
a
h
u
man
m
e
ant
p
o
s
si
b
ility
o
f
e
xp
o
s
ure
.
O
f
the
pack,
o
f th
e
ir
kin
d
.
T
h
er
e
w
er
e
h
u
mans
w
h
o
kn
e
w
o
f
th
e
m.
T
h
o
se
w
h
o
ai
de
d
the
pack
and had ti
e
s
t
o
shift
er
s
in
g
e
n
er
al,
bu
t
this
was
the
city
and
this
was
st
r
ange
t
err
it
o
r
y.
T
h
i
s
was the
place
wh
er
e
p
e
o
ple
s
c
o
ff
e
d
at anythi
n
g
n
o
t n
e
o
n
a
nd
h
u
man
a
nd
a
u
t
o
mat
ed
.
T
his was
wh
er
e
p
e
o
ple
f
e
a
re
d
the
u
nk
n
o
wn.
A
nyth
i
ng
o
th
e
r
than
—w
o
lv
e
s, shift
er
s, n
o
nh
u
mans w
er
e
an
u
n
kn
o
wn and
th
ere
f
o
r
e
a th
re
at.

A
n
o
th
e
r
h
o
wl and
she
h
e
a
r
d
the
m
a
n sc
re
am.
N
o
,
n
o
,
n
o
!
B
ad
d
o
g!
G
o
d
o
g!

G
oo
d
.
He was
still
al
i
v
e
.
St
u
pid
bu
t
al
i
v
e
.
Cl
e
a
r
ly
L
iv
w
a
s
no
do
g
bu
t
he
was
t
o
o small
and
f
e
a
r
f
u
l
and c
o
wa
rd
ly
to
s
e
e
what
she
was.
A
ll
he
c
o
u
ld
s
e
e
was
what
he
e
xp
e
c
t
e
d
t
o
s
ee
.

K
e
lly
d
a
r
t
e
d
u
n
de
r
a
bu
sh,
d
o
wn a
s
l
o
pe
cl
o
g
g
e
d
with l
e
av
e
s
and
m
u
d
and
t
o
r
e t
o
wa
r
d
the
chang
e
ling.
She
c
o
u
ld
sm
e
ll
f
e
a
r
,
h
u
ng
er
,
c
o
nf
u
s
i
o
n
and
b
l
oo
d
l
u
st.
She h
o
p
e
d
s
he
was
i
n tim
e
.