H put hs hands n th atr agan to soak th.It as gttng lat n th aftrnoon and h sa nothng ut th sa and th sky.Thr as or nd n th sky than thr had n,and soon h hopd that h ould s land.
“You'r trd,old an,”h sad.“ You'r trd nsd.”
Th sharks dd not ht h agan untl just for sunst.
Th old an sa th ron fns cong along th d tral th fsh ust ak n th atr.Thy r not vn quartrng on th scnt.Thy r hadd straght for th skff sng sd y sd.
H jad th tllr,ad th sht fast and rachd undr th strn for th clu. It as an oar handl fro a rokn oar sad off to aout to and a half ft n lngth. H could only us t ffctvly th on hand caus of th grp of th handl and h took good hold of t th hs rght hand,flxng hs hand on t,as h atchd th sharks co. Thy r oth galanos.
I ust lt th frst on gt a good hold and ht h on th pont of th nos or straght across th top of th had,h thought.
Th to sharks closd togthr and as h sa th on narst h opn hs jas and snk th nto th slvr sd of th fsh,h rasd th clu hgh and rought t don havy and slang onto th top of th shark's road had.H flt th rury soldty as th clu ca don.But h flt th rgdty of on too and h struck th shark onc or hard across th pont of th nos as h sld don fro th fsh.
Th othr shark had n n and out and no ca n agan th hs jas d.Th old an could s pcs of th at of th fsh spllng ht fro th cornr of hs jas as h upd th fsh and closd hs jas.H sung at h and ht only th had and th shark lookd at h and rnchd th at loos.Th old an sung th clu don on h agan as h slppd aay to sallo and ht only th havy sold rurnss.
“Co on,galano.”th old an sad.“ Co n agan.”
Th shark ca n a rush and th old an ht h as h shut hs jas.H ht h soldly and fro as hgh up as h could ras th clu.Ths t h flt th on at th as of th ran and h ht h agan n th sa plac hl th shark tor th at loos sluggshly and sld don fro th fsh.
Th old an atchd for h to co agan ut nthr shark shod.Thn h sa on on th surfac sng n crcls.H dd not s th fn of th othr.
I could not xpct to kll th,h thought.I could hav n y t.But I hav hurt th oth adly and nthr on can fl vry good.If I could hav usd a at th to hands I could hav klld th frst on surly.Evn no,h thought.
H dd not ant to look at th fsh.H kn that half of h had n dstroyd.Th sun had gon don hl h had n n th fght th th shark.
“It ll dark soon,”h sad.“Thn I should s th glo of Havana.If I a too far to th astard I ll s th lghts of on of th n achs.”
I cannot too far out no,h thought.I hop no on has n too orrd. Thr s only th oy to orry, of cours.But I a sur h ould hav confdnc.Many of th oldr fshrn ll orry.Many othrs too,h thought.I lv n a good ton.
H could not talk to th fsh anyor caus th fsh had n rund too adly.Thn sothng ca nto hs had.
“Half fsh,”h sad.“ Fsh that you r.I a sorry that I nt too far out.I rund us oth.But hav klld any sharks,you and I,and rund any othrs.Ho any dd you vr kll,old fsh?You do not hav that spar on your had for nothng.”