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Nowthathehadseenhimonce，hecouldpicturethefishswimmierwithhispurplepessetwideaswingsatailsligthroughthedark。Iwonderhowmuchheseesatthatdepth，theoldmanthought。Hiseyeishugeahmuchlesseye，thedark。OnceIcouldseequitewellinthedark。edark。Butalmostasacatsees。
Thesunandhissteadymovementofhisfingershaduncrampedhislefthandelyaoshiftmoreofthestraintoitandheshruggedthemusclesofhisbacktoshiftthehurtofthecordalittle。
“Ifyou’renottired，fish，”hesaidaloud，“youmustbeverystrange。”
&iredhenightwouldesooothihioftheBigLeagues，tohimtheyweretheGranLigas，aheYankeesofNewYtheTigresofDetroit。
ThisistheseowthatIdonotkhejuegos，hethought。ButImusthavedImustbeworthygiowhodoesallthilyevenwiththepainofthebonespuriisabonespur?heaskedhimself。Unespueladehueso。Wedohem。itbeaspainfulasthespurofafightinge’sheel?IdonotthinkIdurethatorthelossoftheeyeandofbotheyesanduetofightasthefightinganisnotmuchbesidethegreatbirdsaillIwouldratherbethatbeastdowhedarkhesea。
“Unlesssharkse，”hesaidaloud。“Ifsharkse，Godpityhimandme。”
DoyoubelievethegreatDiMaggiowouldstaywithafishaslongasIwillstaywiththiso。Iamsurehewouldandmoresinceheisyoungandstrong。Alsohisfatherwasafisherman。Butwouldthebonespurhurthimtoomuch?
“Idonotknow，”hesaidaloud。“Ineverhadabonespur。”
Asthesuheremembered，togivehimselfmorece，thetimeihehadplayedthehahegreatnegrofromfuegoswhowasthestromaheyhadgoneonedayawiththeirelbowsonaeoableandtheirfhtupandtheirha。Eaewastryingtoforcetheother’shanddowherewasmugainandoutoftheroomuhekerosesandhehadlookedatthearmandhandofthenegroandatthenegro’sface。Theygedtherefereeseveryfourhoursafterthefirsteightsothattherefereescouldsleep。Blooduhefingernailsofbothhisandthenegro’shandsandtheylookedeachotheriheirhandsandforearmsaorswentinandoutoftheroomandsatonhighchairsagainstthewallahewallswerepaiblueandwereofwoodahrewtheirshadowsagaihenegro’sshadowwashugeahewallasthebreezemovedthelamps。
Theoddswouldgebadforthallnightahenegrorumatesforhim。Theertherum，wouldtryforatremeaheoldman，whowasnotanoldmawasSantiagoElearlythreeinchesoffbalaheoldmanhadraisedhishanduptodeadevenagain。Hewassurethehenegro，whowasafinemanae，beaten。Andatdaylightwhethatitbecalledadrawandtherefereewasshakinghishead，hehadunleashedhiseffortahehandofthenegrodownanddownuhewood。ThematchhadstartedonaSundaymandendedonaM。MaorshadaskedforadrawbecausetheyhadtogotoworkonthedogsacksofsugarorattheHavanapany。Otherwiseeveryonewouldhavewaogotoafinish。Buthehadfianywayandbeforeaogotowork。
FtimeafterthateveryonehadcalledhimTheandtherehadbeethespring。Butnotmueywasbetandhehadwonitquiteeasilysincehehadbrokentheceofthenegrofromfuegosimatch。Afterthathehadafewmatdthennomore。Hedecidedthathecouldbeatanyoedbadlyenoughahatitwasbadfhthandf。Hehadtriedafewpracticematcheswithhislefthand。Buthislefthandhadalwaysbeenatraitorandwouldnotdowhatheittodoatrustit。
Thesunwillbakeitoutwell。Itshouldnoteagaistoothenight。Iwohisnightwillbring。
Anairplanepassedoverheadonitsiacheditsshaduptheschoolsofflyingfish。
“Withsomugfishthereshouldbedolphin，”hesaid，andleanedbatheliossibletogainanyonhisfish。Butheotanditstayedatthehardnessandshiveringthatprecededbreakimovedaheadslowlyachedtheairplailheolo。
Itmustbeverystrangeinahought。Iwohesealookslikefromthatheight?Theyshouldbeabletoseethefishwelliftheydonotflytoohigh。Iwouldliketoflyveryslowlyattwohuhomshighahefishfromabove。IleboatsIwasireesofthemast-headaheightIsawmuch。Thedolphinlookgreehereandyouseetheirstripesandtheirpurplespotsandyouseealloftheschoolastheyswim。Whyisitthatallthefast-movingfishofthedarkthavepurplebadusuallypurplestripesorspots?Thedolphinlooksgreenofcoursebecauseheisreallygolden。Butwhery，purplestripesshowonhissidesasonamarlin。itbeahegreaterspeedhemakesthatbri?