第13章 英文版 3（第2页）
“Ithinktheyareequal。”
“Afishermanisyou。”
“No。Iker。”
&heboysaid。“Therearemanygoodfishermeohereisonlyyou。”
“Thankyou。Youmakemehappy。Ihopenofishwillealohewillpr。”
“Thereisnosuchfishifyouarestillstrongasyousay。”
“ImayrongasIthink，”theoldmansaid。“ButIknowmanytridIhaveresolution。”
“Yououghttogotobednowsothatyouwillbefreshinthem。IwilltakethethingsbacktotheTerrace。”
“Goodnightthen。Iwillwakeyouinthem。”
“You’remyalarmclock，”theboysaid。
“Ageismyalarmcloansaid。“Whydooldmenwakesoearly?Isittohaveonelongerday?”
“Idon’tknow，”theboysaid。“AllIknowisthatyoungboyssleeplateandhard。”
“Irememberit，”theoldmansaid。“I’llwakeyouintime。”
“Idonotlikeforhimtowakeme。ItisasthoughIwereinferior。”
“Iknow。”
“Sleepwelloldman。”
&out。Theyhadeatenwithnolightoableandtheoldmantookoffhistrousersaobedinthedark。Herolledhistrousersuptomakeapillow，puttingtheneerihem。Herolledhimselfiaheotheroldcoveredthespringsofthebed。
HeinashorttimeandhedreamedofAfrihewasaboyandthelonggoldehewhitebeaches，sowhitetheyhurthiseyes，andthehighdthegreatbrownmountains。Helivedalongthathtandinhisdreamsheheardthesurfroaraiveboatseridingthroughit。HesmelledthetarandoakumofthedeckashesleptahesmellofAfricathatthelaatm。
Usuallywhehelandbreezehewokeupaogoaheboy。ButtonightthesmellofthelandbreezecameveryearlyawastooearlyinhisdreamatoseethewhitepeaksoftheIslandsrisingfromtheseaandthehedifferentharboursahearyIslands。
Henolongerdreamedofstorms，norofwreatoreatfish，nhts，rength，norofhiswife。Heonlydreamedofpladofthelioheyplayedlikeyoungtheduskahemashelovedtheboy。Heneverdreamedabouttheboy。Hesimplywoke，lookedouttheopendooratthemoonarousersandputthemoedoutsidetheshadtheheroadtowaketheboy。Hewasshiveringwiththemcold。Butheknewhewouldshiverhimselfwarmandthatsoonhew。
Thedoorofthehousewheretheboylivedwasunlodheopeandwalkedihhisbarefeet。Theboyonathefirstroomandtheoldmancouldseehimclearlywiththelightthatfromthedyingmooookholdofolyailtheboywokeandturnedahim。Theoldmaheboytookhistrousersfromthechairbythebedand，sittingonthebed，pulledthemon。
Theoldmahedoorandtheboycameafterhim。Heyandtheoldmanputhisarmacrosshisshouldersandsaid，“Iamsorry。”
“QuaVa，”theboysaid。“Itiswhatamanmustdo。”
Theywalkeddowotheoldman’sshadallalongtheroad，inthedark，barefo，gthemastsoftheirboats。