第31章 英文版 21（第1页）

第31章英文版（21）

&havetakenaquarterofhimameat，”hesaidaloud。“IwishitwereadreamandthatIhadneverhookedhim。I’msorryaboutit，fish。Itmakeseverythingwrooppedawanttolookatthefishnow。Drainedofbloodandawashhelookedthecolourofthesilverbainorandhisstripesstillshowed。

“Ishouldsofar，fish，”hesaid。“herforyounorforme。I’msorry，fish。”

ohimself。Looktothelashingontheknifeahasbeeyourhandiherestillismoretoe。

“IwishIhadastohekheoldmansaidafterhehadcheckedthelashi。“Ishouldhavebroughtastone。”Youshouldhavebroughtmanythi。Butyoudidnthem，oldman。Nowishinkofwhatyoudohinkofwhatyoudowithwhatthereis。

“Yougivememuchgoodsel，”hesaidaloud。“I’mtiredofit。”

&illerunderhisarmahhishaerastheskiffdrovefor>

“Godknowshowmuchthatlastoook，”hesaid。

“Butshe’smuchlighterwanttothieduhefish。Hekhejerkingbumpsofthesharkhadbeeornawayandthatthefishrailforallsharksaswideasahighwaythroughthesea。

HewasafishtokeepamanallwiDon’tthinkofthat。Justrestandtrytogetyourhandsiodefendwhatisleftofhim。Thebloodsmellfrommyhahingnowwithallthatsthewater。Besidestheydohereisnothingcutthatmeansanything。Thebleediheleftfr。

Whatkof。Nothing。Imustthinkofnothingandwaitfortheones。Iwishithadreallybeehought。Butwhoknows?Itmighthaveturwell。

&sharkthatcamewasasingleshovelnose。Hecamelikeapigthifapighadamouthsowidethatyoucouldputyourheadinit。Theoldmathefishahekheoardonintohisbrain。Butthesharkjerkedbackwardsasherolledandtheknifebladesnapped。

Theoldmaledhimselftosteer。Hedidhebigsharksinkingslowlyier，showingfirstlife-size，thensmall，thentiny。Thatalwaysfasatedtheoldmaevenwatow。

“Ihavethegaffnow，”hesaid。“Butitwilldonogood。Ihavethetwooarsailleraclub。”

Nowtheyhavebeate。Iamtoooldtoclubsharkstodeath。ButIwilltryitaslongasIhavetheoarsadthetiller。

&hishaeragaintosoakthem。Itwasgettiheafternoohingbuttheseaaherewasmorewihantherehadbeen，ahathewouldseeland。

“You’retired，oldman，”hesaid。“You’retiredinside。”

Thesharksdidnothithimagainuntiljustbeforesu。

Theoldmansawthebrownfinsingalorailthefishmustmakeiheywereeriheywereheadedstraightfortheskiffswimmingsidebyside。

&hetiller，madethesheetfastahestemfortheclub。Itwasanoarhandlefromabrokeoabouttwoandahalffeetih。Helyuseiteffectivelywithonehahegripofthehaookgoodholdofitwithhisrighthand，flexinghishandonit，ashewatchedthesharkse。Theywerebothgalanos。

Imustletthefirstoagoodholdandhithimooftheraightacrossthetopofthehead，hethought。

&wosharksclosedtogetheraheohimopenhisjawsandsihesilversideofthefish，heraisedtheclubhighandbroughtitdownheavyandslammingoheshark’sbroadhead。Hefelttherubberysolidityastheclub。Buthefelttherigidityofboooahesharkoncemorehardacrossthepointofthenoseashesliddownfromthefish。

&hersharkhadbeeninandoutandnowagainwithhisjawswide。Theoldmancouldseepieeatofthefishspilliheerofhisjaedthefishandclosedhisjaws。Heswungathimandhitohesharklookedathimahemeatloose。Theoldmanswungtheagainasheslippedaandhitonlytheheavysolidrubberiness。

“eon，galano，”theoldmansaid。“einagain。”

Thesharkarushandtheoldmanhithimasheshuthisjaws。Hehithimsolidlyandfromashighupashecouldraisetheclub。Thistimehefeltthebohebaseofthebraihimagaininthesameplacewhilethesharktorethemeatloosesluggishlyandsliddownfromthefish。

Theoldmanwattoeagaihersharkshowed。Thenhesawohesurfagincircles。Hedidhefiher。

Iotexpecttokillthem，hethought。IcouldhaveiIhavehurtthembothbadlyaheronefeelverygood。IfIcouldhaveusedabatwithtwohandsIcouldhavekilledthefirstonesurely。Eve。

&wanttolookatthefish。Hekhalfofhimhadbeehesunhadgonedownwhilehehadbeewiththesharks。

“ItwillbedarksoohenIshouldseetheglowofHavana。IfIamtoofartotheeastwardIwillseethelightsofohene>

Iotbetoofarout。Ihopenooooworried。Thereisooworry，ofcourse。ButIamsurehewouldhaveyoftheolderfishermenwillworry。Maoo，hethought。Iliveinagoodtown。

Heottalktothefishahefishhadbeeoobadly。Thehiohishead。