第30章 英文版 20（第1页）

第30章英文版（20）

IhaveandingofitandIamIbelieveiwasasintokillthefish。IsupposeitwaseventhoughIdidittokeepmealiveandfeedmahehingisasin。Donotthinkaboutsin。Itismuchtoolateforthatandtherearepeopleaidtodoit。Letthemthinkaboutit。Youwereborntobeafishermanasthefishwasborntobeafish。SanPedrowasafishermanaswasthefathergio。

Buthelikedtothinkaboutallthingsthathewasinvolvedinaherewasnothingtoreadahavearadio，hethoughtmudhekeptonthinkingaboutsin。Youdidnotkillthefishonlytokeepaliveandtosellforfood，hethought。Youkilledhimforprideandbecauseyouareafisherman。Youlovedhimwhenhewasaliveandyoulovedhimafter。Ifyoulovehim，itisnotasintokillhim。Orisitmore?

“Youthinktoomuan，”hesaidaloud。

Butyouenjoyedkilliuso，hethought。Helivesonthelivefishasyoudo。Heisnotasorjustamovieassomesharksare。Heisbeautifulandnobleandknowsnofearofanything。

“Ikilledhimiheoldmansaidaloud。“AndIkilledhimwell。”

Besides，hethought，everythihingelseinsomeway。Fishingkillsmeexactlyasitkeepsmealive。Theboykeepsmealive，hethought。Imustnotdeceivemyselftoomuch。

Heleahesideandpulledlooseapieeatofthefishwherethesharkhadcuthim。Hecheweditasqualityanditsgoodtaste。Itwasfirmandjuicy，likemeat，butitwasherewasniawthehighestprithemarket。Butthereitsstoutofthewaterandtheoldmaaveryhadtimewasing。

Thebreezewassteady。Ithadbackedalittlefurtherih-eastameantthatitwouldnotfalloff。Theoldmanlookedaheadofhimbuthecouldseenosailsnorcouldheseethehullnorthesmokeofanyship。TherewereonlytheflyingfishthatwentupfromhisbowsailingawaytoeithersideachesofGulfweed。Heotevenseeabird。

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“Ay，”hesaidaloud。Thereisnotranslationforthissitisjustanoisesuchasamanmightmake，involuntarily，feelingthenailghhishandsandintothewood。

“Galanos，”hesaidaloud。Hehadseentheseowihefirstahemasshovel-nosedsharksbythebrularfinandthesweepihetail。Theyhadthesdwereexdiyreathuheywerelosingandfii。Buttheyweregallthetime。

Theoldmafastailler。Theookuptheoarwiththek。Helifteditaslightlyashecouldbecausehishahepain。Thenheopenedahemonitlightlytoloosehemfirmlysotheyainnowandwouldnotflindwatchedthesharkse。Hecouldseetheirwide，flatteedheadsnowaetippedwidepes。Theywerehatefulsharks，badsmelling，sgersaswellaskillers，aheywerehungrytheywouldbiteatanoarortherudderofaboat。Itwasthesesharksthatwouldcuttheturtles’legsandflippersoffwhelesonthesurfadtheywouldhitamaer，iftheywerehuhemanhadnosmelloffishbloodnoroffishslimeonhim。

“Ay，”theoldmansaid。“Galanos。eongalanos。”

Theycame。ButtheydidheMakohade。Ourofsightuheskiffandtheoldmaheskiffshakeashejerkedahefish。Theotherwatanwithhisslittedyelloweyesandthewithhishalfcircleofjawswidetohitthefishwherehehadalreadybeehelineshowedthetopofhisbrownheadandbackwherethebraihespinaldtheoldmahekheoariure，withdrewit，ainagainintotheshark’syellowcat-likeeyes。Thesharkletgoofthefishandsliddoiakenashedied。

Theskiffwasstillshakingwiththedestrutheothersharkwasdoingtothefishandtheoldmahesheetsothattheskiffwouldswingbroadsideandbringthesharkoutfromunder。Whehesharkheleahesideahim。Hehitohehidewassethardahekheblowhurtnotonlyhishandsbuthisshouldertoo。Butthesharkcameupfastwithhisheadoutandtheoldmanhithimsquarelyierofhisflat-toppedheadashisofwaterandlayagaiheoldmahebladeahesharkexathesamespotagaiillhuhhisjawshookedandtheoldmanstabbedhimihesharkstillhungthere。

“No?”theoldmansaidahebladebetweeebraeandthebrain。Itwasahecartilagesever。Theoldmaheoarandputthebladebetweentheshark’sjawstoopeedthebladeandasthesharkslidloosehesaid，“Goon，galano。Slidedownamiledeep。Goseeyourfriend，ormaybeit’syourmother。”

Theoldmahebladeofhisknifeandlaiddowhehesheetandthesailfilledatheskiffontohercourse。