The Water Babies The water babies cry, perhaps over by San Ignacio, Warner's Springs-- or another place where it is soft and marshy. The babies leave footprints in the soft dirt. When they cry, something is going to happen-- and it's not good; maybe death. Pauline Murillo, Interview, March 23, 1996; A lady started to nurse the water baby and it swallowed her! Be careful-- maybe it's quicksand there. If the blood oranges grow there, don't eat them! I heard crying down by the orange grove-- I could hear it from here! That's the time you have bad dreams, too. Frances Morongo, Interview, May 22, 1996;