第14章 英文版 4（第1页）

第14章英文版（4）

&heyreaan’sshacktheboytooktherollsofliandtheharpoonandgaffandtheoldmahemastwiththefurledsailonhisshoulder。

“Doyouwaheboyasked。

&hegeariasome。”

Theyhadilkearlymplacedthatservedfishermen。

“Howdidyousleepoldman?”theboyasked。Henowalthoughitwasstillhardforhimtoleavehissleep。

“Verywell，Manolin，”theoldmansaid。“Ifeelttoday。”

“SodoI，”theboysaid。“NowImustgetyoursardinesandmineandyourfreshbaits。Hebringsearhimself。Hesaoything。”

“We’redifferent，”theoldmansaid。“Iletyswhenyouwerefiveyearsold。”

“Iknowit，”theboysaid。“I’llberightback。Haveanothercoffee。Wehavecredithere。”

Hewalkedoff，bare-footedonthecoralrocks，totheicehousewherethebaitswerestored。

Theoldmandrankhiscoffeeslowly。Itwasallhewouldhavealldayaheshouldtakeit。Ftimeinghadboredhimandhenevercarriedalunch。Hehadabottleofwateriheskiffandthatwasallheheday。

Theboywasbaowwiththesardihetedinaheywentdowotheskiff，feelingthepebbledsaheirfeet，aheskiffahe>

“Goodluan。”

“Goodluaheropelashiothetholepinsand，leaningfaiofthebladesier，hebegantorowoutoftheharbouriherewereotherboatsfromtheotherbeagouttoseaandtheoldmahedipandpushoftheiroarseventhoughheotseethemnowthemoohehills。

&imessomeonewouldspeakinaboat。Butmostoftheboatsweresilehedipoftheoars。Theyspreadapartaftertheywereoutofthemouthoftheharbourandeaeheadedforthepartoftheowherehehopedtofindfish。Theoldmanknewhewasgoingfaroutahesmellofthelandbehindaotheearlymsmelloftheo。HesawthephosphoresceoftheGulfweedierasherowedoverthepartoftheothatthefishermehegreatwellbecausetherewasasuddendeepofsevehomswhereallsortsoffishgregatedbecauseoftheswirlthetmadeagaieepwallsoftheflooroftheo。Herethereweretrationsofshrimpandbaitfishaimesschoolsofsquidiholesandtheseroseclosetothesurfaightwhereallthewanderihem。

Iheoldmahemingandasherowedheheardthetremblingsoundasflyihewaterandthehissingthattheirstiffsetwiheysoaredawayinthedarkness。Hewasveryfondofflyingfishastheywerehisprincipalfriendsontheo。Hewassorryforthebirds，especiallythesmalldelicatedarkternsthatwerealwaysflyingandlookingandalm，a，thebirdshaveaharderlifethafortherobberbirdsarongones。Whydidtheymakebirdssodelidfihoseseashentheobesocruel?Sheiskiiful。Butshebesoditessosuddenlyandsuchbirdsthatfly，dippingandhunting，withtheirsmallsadvoicesaremadetoodelicatelyforthesea。

&houghtoftheseaaslamarwhichislecallherinSpaheyloveher。Sometimesthosewholovehersaybadthiheyarealwayssaidasthoughshewereawomaheyouhosewhousedbuoysasfloatsfortheirlinesandhadmotorboats，boughtwhenthesharklivershadbroughtmuey，spokeofheraselmarwhichismase。Theyspokeofherasatoraplaaheoldmanalwaysthoughtofherasfeminineahatgaveorwithheldgreatfavours，andifshedidwildorwigsitwasbecausesheothelpthem。Themoosherasitdoesawoma。

Hewasrowingsteadilyanditwasforhimsiwellwithihesurfaceoftheotfortheoalswirlsofthet。Hewaslettidoathirdoftheworkandasitstartedtobelighthesawhewasalreadyfurtheroutthanhehadhopedtobeatthishour。

Iworkedthedeepwellsforaweekanddidnothi。TodayI’llworkoutwheretheschoolsofbonitoandalbacoreareaherewillbeabigohem。

&wasreallylighthehadhisbaitsoutandwasdriftingwiththet。Owasdownfortyfathoms。Thesedwasatsevehethirdandfourthweredoweratonehundredandowehoms。Eachbaithungheaddownwiththeshankofthehookifish，tiedandsewedsolidaingpartofthehook，thedthepoint，wascoveredwithfreshsardines。Eaewashhbotheyessothattheymadeahalf-garlaihereartofthehookthatagreatfishcouldfeeleetsmellingandgoodtasting。