Base Nature (90 page)

She h
e
a
r
d
a
small
an
i
mal
in
the
bru
sh
and
the instinct
to
g
ive
chase
re
a
r
e
d
u
p
bu
t she
i
g
n
o
re
d
it.
She
b
a
rre
l
e
d
ah
e
ad
o
n
K
e
vin
’
s
h
ee
ls.
She
kn
e
w
s
he
c
o
u
ld
o
v
er
c
o
me
him if
s
he
t
r
i
e
d
bu
t
f
o
r
that
m
o
m
e
nt
in tim
e
,
the
sm
e
ll
o
f
h
i
s
t
err
o
r
and
the
s
ight
o
f
h
im fl
ee
ing
w
er
e
m
o
r
e
p
o
w
er
f
u
l
and
i
nt
o
xicating than
a
ny m
o
m
e
nt
o
f
d
o
minanc
e
.

L
iv
r
o
u
n
de
d
the
c
o
r
n
er
,
s
aw
h
e
r
chanc
e
.
She pinn
e
d
h
i
m
th
e
n.
B
l
o
ck
e
d him
in
t
o
a tightly
pack
e
d
c
o
pse
o
f
t
ree
s.
T
he
sm
a
ll
t
ree
s
w
er
e
g
r
o
wing
s
o
cl
o
se
t
o
g
e
th
e
r
th
e
y n
e
a
r
ly
f
o
r
m
e
d
a
tall pick
e
t
f
e
nce
o
f
b
i
r
ch
s
aplings. She
g
r
o
wl
ed
,
ma
r
v
e
ling
at the nat
ur
al
f
ee
l
o
f
this
alt
er
nate
s
kin.
T
he
t
ee
th
f
e
lt
de
a
d
ly
bu
t
e
nti
re
ly
h
er
s,
the
lim
b
s st
r
o
ng and
agil
e
.
H
e
r
w
h
o
le
h
e
ad
was
al
i
ve
with
the
sm
e
ll
o
f the
f
o
re
st
and
K
e
vin
’
s
f
e
a
r
. She
l
ik
e
d
that m
o
st
o
f all.
I
t
ch
a
s
e
d
away any chance
o
f pain
o
r
sa
d
n
e
ss.

She
h
ad
dre
am
e
d
ma
n
y
tim
e
s
that he
was
a f
e
ar
e
at
e
r
.
S
o
m
e
o
ne
w
h
o
f
e
lt
it was
h
i
s
e
ntitl
e
m
e
nt
in
life
to
make
s
o
m
e
o
ne
u
nhappy
and sca
re
d
and
th
e
n
f
e
d
o
n
the
twist
ed
, int
e
nse
e
m
o
ti
o
ns he
w
ru
ng
f
r
o
m h
e
r
like
twisting
wa
te
r
o
u
t
o
f a
r
ag. She
sniff
ed
,
taking in
the
s
m
e
ll
o
f
his
h
e
a
r
t
r
acing
and
his
b
o
d
y
s
w
e
ating
and
h
i
s
t
ee
th
clack
i
ng
t
o
g
e
th
er
. His
bre
ath
chang
e
d
f
r
o
m pant
i
ng,
be
c
o
ming
d
a
r
k
and
s
o
ur
,
g
o
ne
was the
minty
s
m
e
ll
o
f his han
d
y
bre
ath
f
re
sh
e
n
e
r
.
H
i
s
sc
e
nt
be
came
m
o
r
e
int
e
nse
and
b
itt
er
.
L
ike
s
c
o
r
ch
e
d m
e
tal
mix
e
d
with m
e
lt
e
d
ta
r
.
I
t
was the
m
o
st h
e
av
e
nly
o
f sc
e
nts
t
o
L
iv.

“
N
o
,
pl
e
as
e
.
P
l
e
ase
n
o
.
D
o
n
’
t
b
ite
m
e
.
J
u
st
g
o
.
I’
ll
stay
r
ight
h
er
e
and
y
o
u g
o
.
G
oo
d
d
o
ggi
e
, g
o
.
G
o
h
o
m
e
,
d
o
g!
G
o
h
o
m
e
.”

I’
m
n
o
t
a
d
o
g,
m
o
r
on
.
I
f
she
c
o
u
ld
h
a
ve
la
u
gh
e
d
s
he
w
o
u
ld
hav
e
.
Bu
t
she
f
e
lt
the s
o
ft
s
m
ile
o
n
h
e
r
thin
b
lack
lips
and th
e
n
she
b
a
re
d
h
e
r
t
ee
th,
the
g
r
o
wl
c
o
mi
n
g
f
r
o
m s
o
m
e
wh
er
e
l
o
w and
malic
i
o
u
s
i
n the
b
a
rre
l
-
ch
e
st
e
d
b
o
d
y she
was sp
o
r
ting.