Jacqueline Carini
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They drink a few small glasses of Tequila Rose. Wilsey catches a toad, and they head off for the abandoned Billie Swamp and Safari. After leaving the toad in the care of a hungry water moccasin, Wilsey takes Susie's hand and begins strolling into the eastern end of the park. Susie chatters about their lifelong love affair as they wander along muddy dirt roads and up an artificial mound to a spot where the Seminoles have erected a new monument: a proud warrior surrounded by the seven animals of the various clans. All around them the heavily carved wetland shimmers in the starlight.
They sit under the full moon and wonder at what a terrific life they found in the swamp.