第10章 The Old Mans Return[第1頁/共9頁]

“I didn't know sharks had such handsome,beautifully formed tails.”

“Anything more?”

“The hell with luck,”the boy said.“I'll bring the luck with me.”

“What will your family say?”

“I believe it,”the boy said.

“Now we fish together again.”

“You must get well fast for there is much that I can learn and you can teach me everything.How much did you suffer?”

He tried to get up.But it was too difficult and he sat there with the mast on his shoulder and looked at the road.A cat passed on the far side going about its business and the old man watched it.Then he just watched the road.

“I didn't either,”her male companion said.

“Don't forget to tell Pedrico the head is his.”

That afternoon there was a party of tourists at the Terrace and looking down in the water among the empty beer cans and dead barracudas a woman saw a great long white spine with a huge tail at the end that lifted and swung with the tide while the east wind blew a heavy steady sea outside the entrance to the harbor.