第34章 英文版 24（第2页）

“Whatwillyourfamilysay?”

“Idhttwoyesterday。ButwewillfishtogethernowforIstillhavemuchtolearn。”

&agoodkillinglandalwayshaveitonboard。YoumakethebladefrleaffromanoldFord。WeditinGuanabacoa。Itshouldbesharpandwillbreak。Myknifebroke。”

“I’llgetanotherknifeahespringground。”

Howmanydaysofheavybrisahavewe?”

“Maybethree。Maybemore。”

“Iwillhaveeverythiheboysaid。“Yougetyourhandswelloldman。”

“Iknowhowto。IIspatsomethisomethingiwasbroken。”

&welltoo，”theboysaid。“Liedown，oldman，andIwillbringyouyourshirt。Aoeat。”

“BringanyofthepapersofthetimethatIwasgoheoldmansaid。

“YoumustgetwellfastforthereismuchthatIandyouteachmeeverything。Howmuchdidyousuffer?”

&heoldmansaid。

“I’llbringthefoodandthepapers，”theboysaid。“Restwell，oldman。Iwillbringstufffrstoreforyourhands。”

“DettotellPedricotheheadishis。”

“No。Iwillremember。”

Astheboywentoutthedooranddowntheworncoralrockroadhewasgagain。

ThatafternoonthereartyoftouristsattheTerradlookingdoweramoybeerddeadbarraansawagreatlongwhitespihahugetailattheendthatliftedandswungwiththetidewhiletheeastwindblewaheavysteadyseaoutsidetheeheharbour。

“What’sthat?”sheaskedaoihelongbaeofthegreatfishthatwasnowjustgarbagewaitingtogooutwiththetide。

“Tiburoersaid。“Shark。”Hewasmeaningtoexplainened。

“Ididn’tknowsharkshadsue，beautifullyformedtails。”

“Ididher，”hermalepanionsaid。

Uptheroad，inhisshaaningagaiillsleepingoheboywassittingbyhimwatghim。Theoldmanwasdreamingaboutthelions。