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there was some great strangeness and he could not believe it. Then he could not see
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Now he knew there was the fish and his hands and back were no dream. The
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The dark water of the true gulf is the greatest healer that there is. All I must do is keep
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yellow gulf weed with the gaff as they passed and shook it so that the small
shrimps that were in it fell onto the planking of the skiff. There were more than a
dozen of them and they jumped and kicked like sand fleas. The old man pinched
their heads off with his thumb and forefinger and ate them chewing up the shells
and the tails. They were very tiny but he knew they were nourishing and they
tasted good.
The old man still had two drinks of water in the bottle and he used half of one
after he had eaten the shrimps. The skiff was sailing well considering the
handicaps and he steered with the tiller under his arm. He could see the fish and he
had only to look at his hands and feel his back against the stern to know that this had
truly happened and was not a dream. At one time when he was feeling so badly
toward the end, he had thought perhaps it was a dream. Then when he had seen the
fish come out of the water and hang motionless in the sky before he fell, he was sure
there was some great strangeness and he could not believe it. Then he could not see
well, although now he saw as well as ever.(tiller: a bar or lever attached to the head of the rudder, to
turn the rudder in steering.)
Now he knew there was the fish and his hands and back were no dream. The
hands cure quickly, he thought. I bled them clean and the salt water will heal them.
The dark water of the true gulf is the greatest healer that there is. All I must do is keep
the head clear. The hands have done their work and we sail well. With his mouth shut
and his tail straight up and down we sail like brothers. Then his head started to
become a little unclear and he thought newport menthol 100s, is he bringing me in or am I bringing him in?
If I were towing him behind there would be no question. Nor if the fish were in the
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