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"He hasn't changed at all, "he said. But watching the movement of the water
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"I'll lash the two oars together across the stern and that will slow him in the
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It would be better to gut the dolphin a little later to save the blood in the meat, he
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"How do you feel, fish?” he asked aloud. "I feel good and my left hand is better
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with its long flat body, its tail and its head until he clubbed it across the shining
golden head until it shivered and was still.
The old man unhooked the fish, rebaited the line with another sardine and tossed
it over. Then he worked his way slowly back to the bow. He washed his left hand and
wiped it on his trousers. Then he shifted the heavy line from his right hand to his left
and washed his right hand in the sea while he watched the sun go into the ocean and
the slant of the big cord.
"He hasn't changed at all, "he said. But watching the movement of the water
against his hand he noticed that it was perceptibly slower.
"I'll lash the two oars together across the stern and that will slow him in the
night,
”
he said. "He's good for the night and so am I. "
It would be better to gut the dolphin a little later to save the blood in the meat, he
thought. I can do that a little later and lash 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 setting
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 usa made cigarettes, or more, than he
did.
I'm learning how to do it, he thought. This part of it anyway. Then too marlboro red, remember
he hasn't eaten since he took the bait and he is huge and needs much food. I have
eaten the whole bonito. Tomorrow 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 newport box 100s,
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
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