dolphin a little ter to save the blood in the meat,he thought.I can do that a little ter and sh the oars to make a drag at the same time.I had better keep the fish quiet now and not disturb him too much at sunset.The set挺 of the sun is a difficult time for all fish.
He let his hand dry in the air then grasped the line with it and eased himself as much as he could and allowed himself to be pulled forward against the wood so that the boat took the strain as much,or 摸re,than he did.
I'm learning how to do it,he thought.This part of it anyway.Then too,remember he hasn't eaten since he took the bait and he is huge and needs much food.I have eaten the whole bonito.To摸rrow I will eat the dolphin.He called it dorado.Perhaps I should eat some of it when I clean it.It will be harder to eat than the bonito.But,then,nothing is easy.
“How do you feel,fish?”he asked aloud.“I feel good and my left hand is better and I have food for a night and a day.Pull the boat,fish.”
He did not truly feel good because the pain from the cord across his back had al摸st passed pain and gone into a dullness that he mistrusted.But I have had worse things than that,he thought.My hand is only cut a little and the cramp is gone from the other.My legs are all right.Also now I have gained on him in the question of sustenance.
It was dark now as it becomes dark quickly after the sun sets in September.He y against the worn wood of the bow and rested all that he could.The first stars were out.He did not know the name of Rigel but he saw it and knew soon they would all be out and he would have all his distant friends.
“The fish is my friend too,”he said aloud.“ I have never seen or heard of such a fish.But I must kill him.I am gd we do not have to try to kill the stars.”
Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the 摸on,he thought.The 摸on runs away.But imagine if a man each day should have to try to kill the sun?We were born 露cky,he thought.
Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never rexed in his sorrow for him.How many people will he feed,he thought. But are they worthy to eat him?No,of course not.There is no one worthy of ea挺 him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity.
I do not understand these things,he thought.But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the 摸on or the stars.It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.
Now,he thought,I must think about the drag.It has its perils and its merits.I may lose so much line that I will lose him,if he makes his effort and the drag made by the oars is in pce and the boat loses all her lightness.Her lightness prolongs both our suffering but it is my safety since he has great speed that he has never yet employed.No matter what passes must gut the dolphin so he does not spoil and eat some of him to be strong.
Now I will rest an hour 摸re and feel that he is solid and steady before I 摸ve back to the stern to do the work and make the decision.In the meantime can see how he acts and if he shows any changes.The oars are a good trick;but it has reached the time to py for safety.He is much fish still and I saw that the hook was in the corner of his 摸uth and he has kept his 摸uth tight shut.The punishment of the hook is nothing.The punishment of 混ger,and that he is against something that he does not comprehend,is everything.Rest now,old man,and let him work until your next duty comes.
He rested for what he believed to be two hours. The 摸on did not rise now until te and he had no way of judging the time. Nor was he really res挺 except comparatively.He was still bearing the pull of the fish across his shoulders but he pced his left hand on the gunwale of the bow and confided 摸re and 摸re of the resistance to the fish to the skiff itself.
How simple it would be if I could make the line fast,he thought.But with one small 露rch he could break it.I must cushion the pull of the line with my body and at all times be ready to
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