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he said.But you are your father's and your mother's and you are in a lucky boat.

The old man looked at him with his sunburned, confident loving eyes.

Can you really remember that or did I just tell it to you

where the wet coiled lines were and feeling the whole boat shiver and the noise of you clubbing him like chopping a tree

I can remember the tail slapping and banging and the thwart breaking and the noise of the clubbing.

Five and you nearly were killed when I brought the fish in too green and he nearly tore the boat to pieces.

the old man said.You are already a man.

I would like to go.If I cannot fish with you,I would like to serve in some way.

Can I go out to get sardines for you for tomorrow

the old man said.He was holding his glass and thinking of many years ago.

the north and then dropped off and it was pleasant and sunny on the Terrace.

When the wind was in the east a smell came across the harbor from the shark factory

their fins cut off and their hides skinned out and their flesh cut into strips for salting.

Those who had caught sharks had taken them to the shark factory on the other side of

to the fish house where they waited for the ice truck to carry them to the market inHavana.

The successful fishermen of that day were already in and had butchered their marlin out and carried them laid full across two planks

But they did not show it and they spoke politely about the current and the depths they

They sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry.

tCan I offer you a beer on the Terrace and then we'll take the stuff home

the old man said. But we have.Haven't we

I know,the old man said. It is quite normal.

I know you did not leave me because you doubted.

seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.