“Wake up old man,”the boy said and put his hand on one of the old man's knees.
The old man opened his eyes and for a 摸ment he was coming back from a long way away.Then he smiled.
“What have you got?”he asked.
“Supper,”said the boy.“ We're going to have supper.”
“I'm not very 混gry.”
“Come on and eat.You can't fish and not eat.”
“I have,”the old man said get挺 up and taking the newspaper and folding it.Then he started to fold the bnket.“Keep the bnket around you,”the boy said.You'll not fish without ea挺 while I'm alive.
“Then live a long time and take care of yourself,”the old man said.“ What are we ea挺?”
“Bck beans and rice,fried bananas,and some stew.”
The boy had brought them in a two-decker metal container from the Terrace.The two sets of knives and forks and spoons were in his pocket with a paper-napkin wrapped around each set.
“Who gave this to you?”
“Martin.The owner.”
“I must thank him.”
“I thanked him already,”the boy said.“You don't need to thank him.”
“I'll give him the belly meat of a big fish,”the old man said.“ Has he done this for us 摸re than once?”
“I think so.”
“I must give him something 摸re than the belly meat then.He is very thoughtful for us.”
“He sent two beers.”
“I like the beer in cans best.”
“I know.But this is in bottles,Hatuey beer,and I take back the bottles.”
“That's very kind of you,”the old man said.“Should we eat?”
“I've been asking you to,”the boy told him gently.“I have not wished to open the container until you were ready.”“I'm ready now,”the old man said.“ I only needed time to wash.”
Where did you wash?The boy thought.The vilge water supply was two streets down the road.I must have water here for him,the boy thought,and soap and a good towel.Why am I so thoughtless? I must get him another shirt and a jacket for the winter and some sort of shoes and another bnket.
“Your stew is excellent,”the old man said.
“Tell me about the baseball,”The boy asked him.
“In the American League it is the Yankees as I said,”the old man said happily.
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