第10章 The Old Mans Return[第1頁/共8頁]

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

“Let Pedrico chop it up to use in fish traps.”

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

“Nothing,”he said aloud.“ I went out too far.”

“I believe it,”the boy said.

“And the spear?”

“I will have everything in order,”the boy said.“ You get your hands well old man.”

Finally the old man woke.

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

“We must get a good killing lance and always have it on board.You can make the blade from a spring leaf from an old Ford.We can grind it in Guanabacoa.It should be sharp and not tempered so it will break.My knife broke.”

As the boy went out the door and down the worn coral rock road he was crying 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?”

“I know how to care for them. In the night I spat something strange and felt something in my chest was broken.”

“Sleeping,”the boy called.He did not care that they saw him crying.“ Let no one disturb him.”