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  on it, delighted  only to realize that one dolphin stays behind to take her food. A friendly relationship develops between the two unlikely strangers after the exchange of food, and the girl and the dolphin play and frolic together in the sunlit ocean until Li reaches her tribe's shore.

  In this chapter, Li contemplates the death of a baby whose mother joined the tribe before the last rains of the season. Where did the mother come from, how, and why? Where is the baby's spirit now, and what happened to the little person who had tried so hard to fight off sickness? Li realizes that these thoughts have no answers, unless she becomes as "other" as  death itself. She moves on, still wondering about the small baby, and goest oforage for food in hunger. While she is searching in the ocean, she spots a school of fish that is frantically swimming away from its predator - dolphins. In a quick, speedy motion, Li snatches one of the fish and chews on it, delighted to have such an easy meal. She notices that one dolphin stays behind, and she lets him eat the rest of her fish. A friendly relationship develops between the two unlikely strangers after the exchange of food, and the girl and the dolphin play and frolic together in the sunlit ocean until Li reaches her tribe's shore.