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He was an old man who fished alonein a skiff in the Gulf Stream...
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... and he had gone 84 days nowwithout taking a fish.
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In the first 40 days,a boy had been with him.
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But after 40 days without a fish,the boy's parents had told him...
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... that the old man was nowdefinitely and finally salado...
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... which is the worst form of unlucky.
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The boy had gone, at their orders,in another boat...
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... which caught three good fishthe first week.
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The old man had taught the boy to fish,and the boy loved him.
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The old man was gray and wrinkled,with deep furrows on the back of his neck.
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And his hands had deep-creased scarsfrom handling heavy fish on the cords.
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But none of these scars were fresh.
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They were as old as erosionsin a fishless desert.
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Everything about him was oldexcept his eyes.
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They were the same color as the sea,cheerful and undefeated.
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It made the boy sad to see the old mancome in each day with his skiff empty.
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He always went down to help him carrythe coiled lines or the gaff and harpoon...
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... and the sail that was furledaround the mast.
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The sail was patchedwith flour sacks, and furled...
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... it looked like the flagof permanent defeat.
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No one would steal from the old man,but it was better to take the sail...
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... and the heavy lines home,as the dew was bad for them.
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Though he was sure no local peoplewould steal from him...
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... the old man felt that a gaff anda harpoon were needless temptations...
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... to leave in a boat.
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The successful fishermen of that daywere already in...
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... and had butchered their marlin...
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... and carried them laid full-lengthacross two planks to the fish house...
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... where they waited for the ice truckto carry them to the market in Havana.
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"Can I offer you a beer on the terrace?"the boy asked.
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"Why not?" the old man said,"Between fisherman."
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Two beers, Martin, please.
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They sat on the terrace and manyof the fisherman made fun of the old man...
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... but he was not angry.
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He did not rememberwhen he had attained humility...
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... but he knew he had attained it.
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And he knew it was not disgracefuland it carried no true loss of pride.
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Some of the older fishermenlooked at him and were sad.
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But they didn't show it.
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They spoke politely of the currents andthe depths they had drifted their lines at...
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... and the steady good weather,and of what they had seen.
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Can I go out and get the sardines
for you tomorrow?
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You play ball. I can still row.
And I can still throw the net.
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I know where I can get four fresh baits.
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I still have mine from today.
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Let me get four fresh ones.
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- One.
- Two.
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Two.
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You didn't steal them, did you?
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I would, but I bought these.
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If I cannot fish with you,
I'd like to serve in some way.
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You bought me a beer.
You are already a man.
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They walked up the road together.
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The old man stood the mastoutside his shack.
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In the old man's shack there was a bed,a table, some chairs...
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... and a place to cook with charcoal.
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On the brown walls there was a picturein color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus...
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... and another of the Virgin of Cobre.These were relics of his wife.
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Once there had been a tinted photographof his wife on the wall...
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... but he had taken it down,because it made him too lonely to see it.
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And it was on the shelf in the corner,under his clean shirt.
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Tomorrow is the 85th day.
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Eighty-five is a lucky number.
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How would you like to see me bring one in
that dresses out over 1,000 pounds?
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Are you strong enough now
for a truly big fish?
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I think so.
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And there are many tricks.
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I could go with you again.
We've made enough money.
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No, no. You are in a lucky boat,
you stay with them.
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Remember how long we went
without fish before?
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Then we caught big ones
every day for three weeks.
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I remember.
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I know you did not leave me
because you lost confidence.
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It was my papa who made me leave.
I'm a boy and I must obey him.
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Of course. It is quite normal.
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He hasn't much faith.
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- But we have, haven't we?
- Yes.
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If you were my boy,
I would take you out again.
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But you're your father's and your mother's,
and you are in a lucky boat.
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What do you have to eat?
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I have a pot of yellow rice and some fish.
Would you like some?
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No, I'll eat at home.
May I take the cast net?
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Of course.
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I have yesterday's newspaper.
I'll read the baseball.
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There was no cast net. The boyremembered when they had sold it.
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But they went through this fictionevery day.
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There was no pot of yellow rice and fish,and the boy knew this.
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He didn't know whether yesterday's paperwas a fiction, too.
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But the old man had brought it outfrom under the bed.
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Keep warm, old man. Sit in the sun.
Remember we're in September.
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The month of the big fish.
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Anybody can be a fisherman in May.
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I'll be back when I get the sardines,
then you can tell me about the baseball.
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- Hey, Manolin, come on!
- Play first base.
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Hey, yeah, come on!
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A dinner for two, please. To take out.
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You don't eat at home anymore?
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How much do you have to spend?
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Sixty cents.
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No luck yet, eh?
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Maybe it's not luck at all.
Maybe he's too old.
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He's not too old. You'll see!
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I said "maybe."
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Not even "maybe."
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I only hope when I'm an old man
I have a boy to fish for me.
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When the boy came back,the old man was asleep in a chair...
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... and the sun was going down.
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His shoulders were still powerful,although very old.
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The neck was still strong, too.
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The creases did not show so muchwhen the old man was asleep.
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His head was very old, though.
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And with his eyes closed,there was no life in his face.
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Wake up, old man.
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The old man opened his eyes,and for a long moment...
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... he was coming backfrom a long way away.
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Then he smiled.
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What have you got?
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We're gonna have supper.
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I'm not very hungry.
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Come on and eat.
You can't fish and not eat.
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I have.
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You won't fish and not eat while I'm alive.
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You live a long time
and take good care of yourself.
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Who gave this to you?
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Martin, at the terrace.
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I must be sure and thank him.
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I thanked him already.
You don't need to thank him.
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They had eaten with no lighton the table and it was dark now.
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The old man had talked to the boyabout the baseball, as they always did.
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About the great DiMaggio,and how he was himself again...
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... and about the other men on the team.
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Tell me about the great John J. McGraw.
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He used to come to the terrace sometimes,
in the olden days, too.
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His mind was on the horses, I think,
as much as it was on the baseball.
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At least he used to carry lists of horses
in his pocket at all times.
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And frequently he would speak
the names of horses on the telephone.
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He was a great manager.
My father thinks he was the greatest.
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That's because he came here
the most times.
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If Durocher had continued coming here...
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...your father would think
he was the greatest manager.
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Who is the greatest manager, really?
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I think they are all equal.
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Sometime I would like to take
the great DiMaggio fishing.
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They say his father was a fisherman.
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Maybe he was poor, like we are,
and he would understand.
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You ought to go to bed,
so that you'll be fresh in the morning.
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I'll take these things back to the terrace.
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Goodnight. See you in the morning.
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You're my alarm clock.
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Age is my alarm clock.
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Sleep well, old man.
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Thank you.
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The boy went out and the old man thought,"Why do old men wake so early?
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"Is it to have one longer day?"
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Then the old man rolled up his trousersto make a pillow...
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... putting the newspaper inside them.
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He rolled himself in the blanket...
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... and slept on the other old newspapersthat covered the springs of the bed.
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He was asleep in a short time.
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And he dreamed of Africa,when he was a boy.
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He dreamed of the long, golden beaches,and the white beaches...
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... so white they hurt your eyes...
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... and the high capes,and the great brown mountains.
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He lived along that coast now, every night.
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In his dreams he heard the surf roar...
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... and saw the native boatscome riding through it.
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He smelled the tar and oakumof the deck as he slept.
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And he smelled the smell of Africa,that the land breeze brought at morning.
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Usually, when he smelledthe land breeze, he woke up...
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... and dressed to go to wake the boy.
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But tonight the smell of the land breezecame very early.
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And he knew it was too earlyin his dream, and went on dreaming...
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... to see the white peaks of the islandrising from the sea.
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And then he dreamedof the different harbors...
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... and roadsteads of the Canary Islands.
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He no longer dreamed of storms,nor of women...
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... nor of great occurrences,nor of great fish, nor fights...
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... nor contests of strength, nor of his wife.
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He only dreamed of places now...
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... and of the lions on the beach.
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They played like young cats,and he loved them as he loved the boy.
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He never dreamed about the boy.
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In the dawn the old man simply woke...
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... looked out the open doorat the dying moon...
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... unrolled his trousers and put them on.
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Then he went down the roadto wake the boy.
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He was shivering with the morning cold.
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But he knew he would shiver himself warmand that soon he would be rowing.
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The door of the housewhere the boy lived was unlocked.
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He opened it and walked in quietlywith his bare feet.
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The boy was asleep on a cotin the first room...
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... and the old man could see him clearly.
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He took hold of one foot gentlyand held it...
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... until the boy wokeand turned and looked at him.
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The boy was sleepy,and the old man said, "I'm sorry."
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"It is what a man must do,"the boy answered.
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They walked down the road,and all along the road in the dark...
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... barefoot men were moving,carrying the masts of their boats.
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How did you sleep?
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Very well, Manolin. I feel confident today.
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I do, too.
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I'll get the sardines. I'll be right back.
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Have another cup. We have credit here.
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The old man drank his coffee slowly.
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It was all he would have all day,and he knew that he should take it.
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For a long time now,eating had bored him...
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... and he never carried a lunch.
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He had a bottle of waterin the bow of the skiff...
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... and that was all he needed.
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Good luck, old man.
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Good luck.
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There were other boats fromthe other beaches going out to sea...
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... and the old man heardthe dip and push of their oars.
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In the dark, the old man could feelthe morning coming.
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And as he rowed, he heard the tremblingsound as flying fish left the water...
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... and the hissingtheir stiff, set wings made...
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... as they soared away in the darkness.
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He was very fond of flying fish...
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... as they were his principal friendson the ocean.
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He was sorry for the birds,especially the small, delicate, dark terns...
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... that were always flying and looking,and almost never finding.
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And he thought: " The birds havea harder life than we do...
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"...except for the robber birdsand the heavy, strong ones.
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" Why do they make birdsso delicate and fine...
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"...when the ocean can be so cruel?She is kind and very beautiful...
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"...but she can be so cruel."
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The sun rose thinly from the sea, andthe old man could see the other boats...
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... low on the water and well in towardthe shore, spread out across the current.
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He always thought of the sea as la mar...
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... which is what people call her in Spanishwhen they love her.
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Sometimes those who love hersay bad things of her...
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... but they are always saidas if she were a woman.
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Some of the younger fishermenspoke of her as a contestant...
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... or a place, or even an enemy.
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But the old man had always thoughtof her as feminine...
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... and as something that gaveor withheld great favors.
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" The moon affects her as it doesa woman," he thought.
238
00:24:04,948 --> 00:24:07,314
Before it was really light,he had his baits out...
239
00:24:07,384 --> 00:24:09,409
... and was drifting with the current.
240
00:24:09,486 --> 00:24:13,047
One bait was down 40 fathoms.The second was at 75.
241
00:24:13,123 --> 00:24:17,457
And the third and the fourth were downin the blue water at 100 and 125 fathoms.
242
00:24:24,868 --> 00:24:29,032
The sun was brighter and the glare cameon the water. And as it rose clear...
243
00:24:29,106 --> 00:24:32,439
... the flat sea sent it back to his eyesso that it hurt sharply...
244
00:24:32,509 --> 00:24:34,909
... and he rowed without looking into it.
245
00:24:35,479 --> 00:24:37,743
He looked down into the water,and watched the lines...
246
00:24:37,814 --> 00:24:40,442
... that went straight downinto the dark of the water.
247
00:24:40,517 --> 00:24:43,111
Each bait hung head-down,with the shank of the hook...
248
00:24:43,186 --> 00:24:45,848
... inside the bait fish, tied and sewed solid.
249
00:24:46,790 --> 00:24:51,193
All of the projecting part of the hookwas covered with fresh sardines.
250
00:24:51,261 --> 00:24:54,287
Each sardine was hooked throughboth eyes, so that they made...
251
00:24:54,364 --> 00:24:56,594
... a half-garland of the projecting steel.
252
00:24:56,666 --> 00:24:59,396
There was no part of the hookthat a great fish could feel...
253
00:24:59,469 --> 00:25:01,903
... that was not sweet-smelling,and good-tasting.
254
00:25:02,906 --> 00:25:05,568
"I keep them with precision," he thought.
255
00:25:05,742 --> 00:25:07,733
" Only I have no luck anymore.
256
00:25:08,378 --> 00:25:10,346
" But who knows, maybe today.
257
00:25:10,914 --> 00:25:12,609
" Every day is a new day.
258
00:25:14,518 --> 00:25:17,578
" It is better to be lucky,but I would rather be exact.
259
00:25:17,821 --> 00:25:20,085
"Then when luck comes, you are ready."
260
00:25:26,430 --> 00:25:28,523
The sun was two hours higher now...
261
00:25:28,598 --> 00:25:31,692
... and it did not hurt his eyes so muchto look into the east.
262
00:25:32,836 --> 00:25:34,997
Just then he saw a man-o'-war bird.
263
00:25:39,443 --> 00:25:42,879
He made a quick drop, slanting downon his back-swept wings...
264
00:25:42,946 --> 00:25:44,675
... and then circled again.
265
00:25:45,515 --> 00:25:48,040
He's not just looking.
He's found something.
266
00:26:21,017 --> 00:26:22,541
Bonito.
267
00:26:23,153 --> 00:26:25,121
He will make a beautiful bait.
268
00:26:31,094 --> 00:26:35,326
He didn't recall when he had first startedto talk to himself aloud.
269
00:26:35,699 --> 00:26:39,135
In the old days, he had sung at nightsometimes, when he was alone...
270
00:26:39,202 --> 00:26:41,466
... steering out his watchon the turtle boats.
271
00:26:41,538 --> 00:26:45,372
He had probably started to talk aloudwhen alone, when the boy had left.
272
00:26:46,209 --> 00:26:47,642
But he did not remember.
273
00:26:47,711 --> 00:26:51,374
It was considered a virtuenot to talk unnecessarily at sea...
274
00:26:51,882 --> 00:26:55,181
... and the old man had alwaysconsidered it so and respected it.
275
00:26:55,452 --> 00:26:58,114
But now he said his thoughts aloudmany, many times...
276
00:26:58,188 --> 00:27:00,679
... since there was no onethat they could annoy.
277
00:27:00,757 --> 00:27:03,783
"If the others heard me," he thought,"they'd think I am crazy.
278
00:27:03,860 --> 00:27:06,328
" But since I am not crazy, I do not care.
279
00:27:07,297 --> 00:27:10,130
" The rich have radiosto talk to them in their boats...
280
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,395
"...and to bring them the baseball."
281
00:27:29,286 --> 00:27:32,380
Then he felt something hardand unbelievably heavy.
282
00:27:32,923 --> 00:27:34,754
It was the weight of the fish.
283
00:27:34,824 --> 00:27:37,622
And he let the line slip down,down, down...
284
00:27:37,994 --> 00:27:40,792
... unrolling off the firstof the two reserve coils.
285
00:27:40,864 --> 00:27:43,697
This far out, he must be huge
in this month.
286
00:27:47,571 --> 00:27:49,596
Eat them, fish. Eat them.
287
00:27:50,340 --> 00:27:51,967
Please, eat them.
288
00:27:52,609 --> 00:27:54,076
How fresh they are!
289
00:27:54,644 --> 00:27:57,306
And you, deep down
in that cold dark water.
290
00:28:01,318 --> 00:28:03,752
Go on now, make another turn.
291
00:28:05,055 --> 00:28:07,853
Then, eat them! Just smell the sardines.
292
00:28:08,291 --> 00:28:12,125
Then there is the tuna,
cold and hard and lovely.
293
00:28:14,698 --> 00:28:17,496
Come on, fish, eat them! Don't be shy.
294
00:28:21,838 --> 00:28:23,169
He'll take it.
295
00:28:23,573 --> 00:28:25,268
God help him to take it!
296
00:28:29,746 --> 00:28:31,213
He can't have gone!
297
00:28:32,649 --> 00:28:36,312
God knows he can't have gone.
He must be making another turn.
298
00:28:37,721 --> 00:28:41,384
Perhaps he's been hooked before
and he remembers part of it.
299
00:28:44,894 --> 00:28:47,362
He was just turning, he's going to take it.
300
00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:48,761
What a fish!
301
00:28:49,666 --> 00:28:53,796
Now he has it sideways in his mouth
and he's going away with it.
302
00:28:56,273 --> 00:28:59,868
As it went down, slipping lightlythrough the old man's fingers...
303
00:29:00,110 --> 00:29:02,476
... he could still feel the great weight...
304
00:29:02,545 --> 00:29:06,481
... though the pressure of his thumband finger was almost imperceptible.
305
00:29:10,086 --> 00:29:11,519
He's taken it!
306
00:29:12,989 --> 00:29:14,684
Now let him eat it.
307
00:29:15,258 --> 00:29:17,021
Eat it good now, fish!
308
00:29:17,761 --> 00:29:19,092
Go on, eat it.
309
00:29:19,696 --> 00:29:23,689
Eat it until the point of the hook
goes into your heart and kills you.
310
00:29:24,868 --> 00:29:27,098
Then come up, nice and easy...
311
00:29:27,971 --> 00:29:30,633
...and let me put the harpoon into you.
312
00:29:35,512 --> 00:29:37,707
Now, are you ready?
313
00:29:39,416 --> 00:29:41,441
Have you been long enough at table?
314
00:29:53,330 --> 00:29:57,664
Now the fish was struck and the old mancould feel that he was hooked.
315
00:29:58,401 --> 00:30:02,394
Now he should run with the line,orjump or sound to the depths below.
316
00:30:02,772 --> 00:30:04,262
But nothing happened.
317
00:30:04,808 --> 00:30:09,472
The fishjust moved away slowly,and the old man couldn't raise him an inch.
318
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,472
His line was strong,and made for heavy fish...
319
00:30:13,783 --> 00:30:17,651
... and he held until it was so tautthat beads of waterjumped from it.
320
00:30:19,756 --> 00:30:21,747
Then the boat began to move...
321
00:30:22,292 --> 00:30:24,624
... slowly off toward the northwest.
322
00:30:25,128 --> 00:30:27,619
The old man leaned back against the pull.
323
00:30:28,832 --> 00:30:32,825
The fish moved steadily andthey traveled slowly on the calm water.
324
00:30:33,203 --> 00:30:37,196
The other baits were still in the water,but there was nothing to be done.
325
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,753
This will kill him.
326
00:30:52,455 --> 00:30:54,423
He can't keep this up forever.
327
00:31:07,670 --> 00:31:11,731
But four hours later, the fish wasstill swimming steadily out to sea...
328
00:31:11,808 --> 00:31:13,298
... towing the skiff...
329
00:31:13,410 --> 00:31:16,038
... and the old man was still braced solidly.
330
00:31:17,447 --> 00:31:20,041
"What a fish, to pull like that!" he thought.
331
00:31:20,717 --> 00:31:23,550
" He must have his mouthshut tight on the wire.
332
00:31:23,887 --> 00:31:27,379
" I wish I could see him only once,to know what I have against me."
333
00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:32,326
There was no land in sight now."That makes no difference," he thought.
334
00:31:32,495 --> 00:31:35,953
" I can always come in on the glareoff the lights from Havana."
335
00:31:37,434 --> 00:31:40,699
It was noon when I hooked him,
and I have not yet seen him.
336
00:31:48,945 --> 00:31:50,936
I wish the boy was here.
337
00:32:02,392 --> 00:32:05,725
I'm being towed by a fish
and I'm the towing bitt.
338
00:32:06,863 --> 00:32:09,889
" What I'll do if he decidesto go down, I don't know.
339
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:13,363
" What I'll do if he sounds and dives,I don't know.
340
00:32:13,436 --> 00:32:16,928
" But I'll do something.There are plenty of things I can do.
341
00:32:19,409 --> 00:32:23,243
"I could make the line fast,"he thought, "but then he could break it.
342
00:32:23,947 --> 00:32:28,111
" I must hold him all I can, and thengive him line when he must have it.
343
00:32:29,819 --> 00:32:32,515
" Thank God he's travelingand not going down."
344
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,458
It was cold after the sun went down...
345
00:32:39,896 --> 00:32:44,560
... and the old man's sweat dried coldon his back and his arms, and his old legs.
346
00:32:45,635 --> 00:32:48,433
"He didn't come up when the sun set,"he thought.
347
00:32:48,905 --> 00:32:50,896
" He may come up with the moon.
348
00:32:51,307 --> 00:32:54,435
" If he does not do that, maybe he willcome up with the sunrise.
349
00:32:54,511 --> 00:32:56,035
" I wish I could see him.
350
00:32:56,112 --> 00:32:59,775
" I wish I could see him only once,to know what I have against me."
351
00:33:00,850 --> 00:33:04,786
Two porpoises came round the boatand he heard them rolling and blowing.
352
00:33:04,854 --> 00:33:08,255
He could tell the difference betweenthe blowing noise the male made...
353
00:33:08,324 --> 00:33:10,417
... and the sighing blow of the female.
354
00:33:10,493 --> 00:33:12,256
"They're good," he thought.
355
00:33:12,328 --> 00:33:14,990
" They play, and makejokesand love one another.
356
00:33:15,465 --> 00:33:17,956
"They are our brothers, like the flying fish."
357
00:33:20,236 --> 00:33:22,932
Then he began to pity the great fishhe had hooked.
358
00:33:23,339 --> 00:33:25,534
" He is wonderful and strange.
359
00:33:26,142 --> 00:33:28,110
"And who knows how old he is."
360
00:33:29,846 --> 00:33:32,542
Never have I had such a strong fish.
361
00:33:33,850 --> 00:33:36,148
Or one that acted so strangely.
362
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,911
Maybe he is too wise to jump.
363
00:33:40,857 --> 00:33:42,950
He could ruin me with a jump.
364
00:33:45,061 --> 00:33:46,926
Or one quick rush.
365
00:33:49,532 --> 00:33:52,023
Maybe he's been hooked
many times before...
366
00:33:52,101 --> 00:33:54,968
...and he knows this is how
he must make his fight.
367
00:33:59,742 --> 00:34:01,710
He took the bait like a male.
368
00:34:03,379 --> 00:34:05,176
He moves like a male.
369
00:34:06,583 --> 00:34:08,744
There is no panic in his fight.
370
00:34:13,556 --> 00:34:18,550
I wonder if he has a plan,
or if he is as desperate as I am now.
371
00:34:21,230 --> 00:34:23,027
I wish the boy was here.
372
00:34:31,641 --> 00:34:35,236
The fish never changed his coursenor his direction all that night...
373
00:34:35,678 --> 00:34:38,977
... as far as the old man could tellfrom watching the stars.
374
00:34:40,149 --> 00:34:43,243
He felt the strength of the fishthrough the line, moving steadily...
375
00:34:43,319 --> 00:34:45,685
... toward whatever he had chosen,and he thought:
376
00:34:45,755 --> 00:34:50,249
" When once, through my treachery,he had to make a choice...
377
00:34:50,994 --> 00:34:55,795
"...he chose to stay in the deep water,far out beyond all snares and traps.
378
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,533
"My choice was to go there and find himbeyond all people...
379
00:35:01,037 --> 00:35:03,198
"...beyond all people in the world.
380
00:35:03,573 --> 00:35:06,906
"And now we'rejoined togetherand have been since noon.
381
00:35:07,977 --> 00:35:10,241
"And no one to help either one of us."
382
00:36:06,536 --> 00:36:10,336
" I've lost 200 fathoms of good lineand hooks and leaders," he thought.
383
00:36:11,507 --> 00:36:13,236
" That can be replaced.
384
00:36:13,976 --> 00:36:17,605
" But who replaces this fishif another fish cuts him off?
385
00:36:20,083 --> 00:36:23,075
" I don't know what fishtook the baitjust now.
386
00:36:23,853 --> 00:36:27,186
"Maybe it was a marlin or a shark.I never felt him.
387
00:36:28,491 --> 00:36:30,652
" I had to get rid of him too fast.
388
00:36:50,113 --> 00:36:52,604
" I wonder what he made that lurch for?
389
00:36:53,449 --> 00:36:56,782
" The wire must have slippedon the great hill of his back.
390
00:36:57,086 --> 00:37:00,419
" Certainly his back cannot feelas badly as mine does.
391
00:37:00,957 --> 00:37:05,917
"And he cannot pull this skiff forever,no matter how strong he is.
392
00:37:17,740 --> 00:37:19,571
"Please, God, let himjump.
393
00:37:21,844 --> 00:37:26,008
"Maybe if I increase the tension,it'll hurt him and he'lljump.
394
00:37:27,250 --> 00:37:30,947
" Let himjump so that he will fillthe sacks along his backbone with air.
395
00:37:31,020 --> 00:37:33,181
"Then he cannot go deep to die."
396
00:37:35,892 --> 00:37:38,884
Fish, I love you and I respect you
very much...
397
00:37:39,962 --> 00:37:42,795
...but I will kill you before this day ends.
398
00:37:47,336 --> 00:37:50,499
A small bird came toward the skifffrom the north.
399
00:37:50,973 --> 00:37:53,965
He was a warbler,flying very low over the water.
400
00:37:55,077 --> 00:37:57,671
The old man could seethat he was very tired.
401
00:38:03,953 --> 00:38:05,318
How old are you?
402
00:38:07,123 --> 00:38:08,715
Is this your first trip?
403
00:38:09,692 --> 00:38:11,523
Why are you so tired?
404
00:38:13,696 --> 00:38:16,062
What are birds coming to, anyway?
405
00:38:16,499 --> 00:38:19,832
"The hawks," he thought,"that come out to sea to meet them."
406
00:38:19,902 --> 00:38:23,668
But he said nothing of this to the bird,who could not understand him anyway...
407
00:38:23,739 --> 00:38:26,207
... and who'd learn about hawkssoon enough.
408
00:38:27,176 --> 00:38:30,407
It is all right, small bird.
You rest for a minute.
409
00:38:32,081 --> 00:38:34,413
But then you must go in
and take your chances.
410
00:38:34,483 --> 00:38:37,543
Like every man, every fish,
every bird must do.
411
00:38:42,058 --> 00:38:46,392
I wish I could hoist my sail and take you in.
A small breeze is rising.
412
00:38:46,829 --> 00:38:48,490
But I'm with a friend.
413
00:39:04,881 --> 00:39:06,508
Something hurt him.
414
00:39:10,586 --> 00:39:12,713
You are feeling it now, fish.
415
00:39:15,558 --> 00:39:17,423
And so, God knows, am I.
416
00:39:32,808 --> 00:39:37,177
" How did I let the fish cut mewith one pull he made?" he thought.
417
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:42,044
" I must be getting very stupid.I'd better pay attention to my work.
418
00:39:42,885 --> 00:39:47,117
"And I must eat the bonito,
so I won't have a failure of strength.
419
00:39:49,558 --> 00:39:54,086
" I wish the boy was here to cut upthe bonito and I wish I had some salt.
420
00:39:56,732 --> 00:39:59,223
"I don't think I can eat an entire one."
421
00:40:20,756 --> 00:40:22,815
What kind of a hand is that?
422
00:40:32,935 --> 00:40:34,903
Go on, cramp if you want to!
423
00:40:35,071 --> 00:40:37,904
Make yourself into a claw,
it will do you no good.
424
00:40:49,318 --> 00:40:53,254
I must eat the bonito.
I must not lose my strength.
425
00:40:55,458 --> 00:40:58,621
Do not blame the hand,
it is not the hand's fault.
426
00:40:59,228 --> 00:41:02,356
You have been a long time with the fish.
427
00:41:36,132 --> 00:41:39,568
How do you feel, hand?
Or is it too early to know?
428
00:41:43,506 --> 00:41:45,838
Maybe it will open with the sun.
429
00:41:48,444 --> 00:41:50,969
If I have to open it, I will open it.
430
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,641
Cost whatever it cost!
431
00:41:54,884 --> 00:41:59,253
" God help me to have the cramp go.Who knows what the fish will do?
432
00:42:00,756 --> 00:42:03,919
" He is calm, he follows his plan.What is his plan?
433
00:42:05,327 --> 00:42:06,624
" What is mine?
434
00:42:07,663 --> 00:42:11,326
"Mine I must improvise to hisbecause of his great size.
435
00:42:13,335 --> 00:42:16,065
"If he willjump," he thought,"I can kill him!"
436
00:42:23,512 --> 00:42:27,778
Hand, come on, hand.
He's coming up! Hand!
437
00:42:48,737 --> 00:42:50,671
He is longer than the skiff!
438
00:42:56,412 --> 00:42:57,845
He is a great fish.
439
00:43:08,524 --> 00:43:12,119
Thank God, they are not as intelligent
as we who kill them.
440
00:43:12,595 --> 00:43:14,529
Although they are more noble.
441
00:43:14,763 --> 00:43:16,230
And more able.
442
00:43:46,128 --> 00:43:47,755
I wonder why he jumped?
443
00:43:49,965 --> 00:43:54,368
It's almost as though he jumped
to show me how big he was.
444
00:44:01,677 --> 00:44:03,338
Bad news for you, fish.
445
00:44:16,559 --> 00:44:20,791
It was getting late in the dayand the skiff still moved steadily.
446
00:44:22,531 --> 00:44:26,934
The old man was suffering, althoughhe didn't admit to suffering at all.
447
00:44:31,207 --> 00:44:32,799
I am not religious...
448
00:44:33,509 --> 00:44:35,500
...but I will say ten "Our Fathers"...
449
00:44:35,578 --> 00:44:38,741
...and ten "Hail Marys,"
that I may catch this fish.
450
00:44:39,915 --> 00:44:43,180
I will also make a pilgrimage
to the Virgin of Cobre.
451
00:44:43,919 --> 00:44:45,546
That is a promise.
452
00:44:46,488 --> 00:44:49,980
"Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name..."
453
00:44:50,626 --> 00:44:53,527
He started to say his prayers mechanically.
454
00:44:54,230 --> 00:44:57,358
Sometimes he'd be too tiredto remember the prayer.
455
00:44:57,466 --> 00:45:00,765
Then he'd say them so fastthat they would come automatically.
456
00:45:00,836 --> 00:45:04,397
" 'Hail Marys' are easier to saythan 'Our Fathers,'" he thought.
457
00:45:05,574 --> 00:45:09,670
The old man felt very tired and he knewthat the night would come soon...
458
00:45:09,745 --> 00:45:12,145
... and he tried to think of other things.
459
00:45:12,681 --> 00:45:16,549
He thought of the big leagues,the "Grandes Ligas."
460
00:45:17,486 --> 00:45:21,650
He knew that the Yankees of New Yorkwere playing the Tigers of Detroit...
461
00:45:21,890 --> 00:45:23,289
" This is the second day...
462
00:45:23,359 --> 00:45:26,658
"...that I do not know the resultsof the games," he thought.
463
00:45:29,098 --> 00:45:31,328
To give himself more confidence...
464
00:45:31,934 --> 00:45:35,267
... he remembered the timein a Casablanca tavern...
465
00:45:37,273 --> 00:45:40,470
... when he played the hand gamewith a Negro...
466
00:45:40,609 --> 00:45:42,941
... the strongest man on the docks.
467
00:45:44,613 --> 00:45:47,673
He wasn't an old man then,he was in his prime.
468
00:45:49,618 --> 00:45:52,052
He and the Negro had goneone day and one night...
469
00:45:52,121 --> 00:45:55,022
... with their elbowson a chalked line on the table.
470
00:46:17,212 --> 00:46:20,648
There was much bettingand the odds changed all night.
471
00:46:21,784 --> 00:46:25,743
Referees were changed every four hoursso they'd get some sleep.
472
00:46:34,830 --> 00:46:36,422
They fed the Negro rum.
473
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:41,099
Once, after the rum,the Negro made his all-out bid.
474
00:47:05,494 --> 00:47:08,861
But the old man raised his handup to dead even, again.
475
00:47:09,898 --> 00:47:11,798
He was sure that he had the Negro...
476
00:47:11,867 --> 00:47:15,064
... who was a fine manand a great athlete, beaten.
477
00:47:32,888 --> 00:47:36,415
Finally, at daylight, when the betterswere asking him to call it a draw...
478
00:47:36,492 --> 00:47:39,290
... because they had to go to workon the docks...
479
00:47:40,662 --> 00:47:43,256
... the old man unleashedhis greatest effort.
480
00:47:45,401 --> 00:47:48,165
He knew he had brokenthe Negro's confidence.
481
00:47:49,037 --> 00:47:52,200
He finished the boutbefore anyone had to go to work.
482
00:48:02,718 --> 00:48:06,381
For a long time after that,everyone had called him "The Champion."
483
00:48:20,636 --> 00:48:22,399
How do you feel, fish?
484
00:48:23,338 --> 00:48:24,703
I feel fine.
485
00:48:25,207 --> 00:48:27,107
My left hand is better.
486
00:48:27,576 --> 00:48:29,237
Pull the boat, fish.
487
00:48:36,718 --> 00:48:40,711
Just before dark, as they passedthe great island of sargasso weed...
488
00:48:40,789 --> 00:48:43,019
... that heaved and swung in the light sea...
489
00:48:43,091 --> 00:48:47,221
... as though the ocean were making lovewith something under a yellow blanket...
490
00:48:47,296 --> 00:48:51,630
... his small line hooked a dolphinand he brought it into the skiff.
491
00:49:00,576 --> 00:49:04,774
What an excellent fish
dolphin is to eat cooked...
492
00:49:07,182 --> 00:49:09,582
...and what a miserable fish raw.
493
00:49:26,368 --> 00:49:30,236
" I'd better keep the fish quietand not disturb him at sunset.
494
00:49:31,773 --> 00:49:35,004
" The setting of the sunis a difficult time for all fish."
495
00:49:40,449 --> 00:49:45,182
It was darker now, as it becomes darkquickly after the sun sets in September.
496
00:49:45,821 --> 00:49:47,516
The first stars were out.
497
00:49:48,056 --> 00:49:50,854
He did not know the name of Rigel,but he saw it...
498
00:49:51,827 --> 00:49:55,991
... and knew soon they would be out,and he would have all his distant friends.
499
00:49:58,534 --> 00:50:01,025
"The fish is my friend, too," he thought.
500
00:50:01,503 --> 00:50:04,336
Never have I seen or heard of such a fish.
501
00:50:07,776 --> 00:50:09,471
But I must kill him.
502
00:50:13,782 --> 00:50:16,376
I'm glad I do not have to kill the stars.
503
00:50:19,588 --> 00:50:23,046
Imagine if every day a man
had to try to kill the moon?
504
00:50:27,629 --> 00:50:29,494
The moon runs away.
505
00:50:30,432 --> 00:50:34,266
But think what it would be if every day
you had to try to kill the sun?
506
00:50:39,942 --> 00:50:41,432
You were born lucky.
507
00:50:55,457 --> 00:50:57,482
" It was half a day and a night...
508
00:50:57,559 --> 00:51:00,289
"...and now another day,and you have not slept.
509
00:51:02,364 --> 00:51:05,731
" If you do not sleep,your head will become unclear."
510
00:51:13,241 --> 00:51:14,799
Rest now, old man.
511
00:51:17,512 --> 00:51:19,275
Let him do the work.
512
00:51:22,351 --> 00:51:24,046
Until it is time...
513
00:51:25,287 --> 00:51:26,811
...for your next duty.
514
00:51:28,123 --> 00:51:31,456
He lay forward, cramping himselfagainst the line with his body...
515
00:51:31,526 --> 00:51:34,791
... putting all his weight on his left hand,and he was asleep.
516
00:51:35,430 --> 00:51:40,299
He didn't dream of the lions,but of a vast school of porpoises.
517
00:51:40,402 --> 00:51:44,463
It stretched for milesand it was in their mating time.
518
00:51:45,140 --> 00:51:49,600
They leaped high into the airand returned into the very same hole.
519
00:51:51,279 --> 00:51:53,941
Then he dreamed he wasin the village on his bed...
520
00:51:54,016 --> 00:51:56,644
... and there was a northerand he was very cold.
521
00:51:56,718 --> 00:52:00,916
And his arm was asleep, because his headhad rested on it instead of a pillow.
522
00:52:00,989 --> 00:52:04,254
After that, he began to dreamof the long yellow beach...
523
00:52:04,326 --> 00:52:06,590
... and he saw the first of the lions.
524
00:52:06,728 --> 00:52:10,220
He waited to see if there would bemore lions and he was happy.
525
00:52:12,934 --> 00:52:16,529
Then he dreamed of the whalesthat passed along this coast in the fall...
526
00:52:16,605 --> 00:52:18,402
... and of their mating, too...
527
00:52:18,473 --> 00:52:21,772
... and of their friendliness with each otherand of their play.
528
00:52:40,328 --> 00:52:43,491
The moon had been up for a long time,but he slept on.
529
00:52:44,032 --> 00:52:48,696
The fish pulled on steadily, and the boatmoved into a tunnel of clouds.
530
00:52:49,471 --> 00:52:51,837
He woke with ajerk of his fist coming up...
531
00:52:51,907 --> 00:52:54,501
... and the line burning outthrough his hand.
532
00:53:14,763 --> 00:53:16,526
This is what we waited for.
533
00:53:17,833 --> 00:53:19,357
Now let us take it.
534
00:53:20,635 --> 00:53:23,604
Make him pay for the line.
Make him pay for it!
535
00:54:52,093 --> 00:54:55,927
" I will show him what a man can doand what a man endures," he thought.
536
00:55:06,107 --> 00:55:08,803
The thousand times he had proved itmeant nothing.
537
00:55:08,877 --> 00:55:10,708
Now he was proving it again.
538
00:55:11,079 --> 00:55:13,274
Each time was a new time...
539
00:55:13,348 --> 00:55:16,681
... and he never thought about the pastwhen he was doing it.
540
00:55:17,886 --> 00:55:21,720
" If the boy were here he could wetthe coils of the line," he thought.
541
00:55:21,923 --> 00:55:24,915
" Yes, if the boy were here.If the boy were here."
542
00:56:08,737 --> 00:56:11,865
" Now he hasjumped and filled the sacksalong his back with air.
543
00:56:11,940 --> 00:56:14,101
" Now he cannot go down deep to die.
544
00:56:14,876 --> 00:56:18,539
" He will start circling soon.Then I must start working on him."
545
00:56:25,387 --> 00:56:27,218
You didn't do so badly...
546
00:56:27,956 --> 00:56:29,947
...for something that is worthless.
547
00:56:34,496 --> 00:56:36,464
Now I have done my best.
548
00:56:38,466 --> 00:56:40,559
He will begin to circle soon.
549
00:56:42,070 --> 00:56:43,731
Let the fight come.
550
00:56:53,081 --> 00:56:56,812
The sun rose for the third timesince he had put out to sea.
551
00:56:58,420 --> 00:57:00,411
The fish was circling slowly...
552
00:57:00,588 --> 00:57:04,752
... and the old man was wet with sweatand tired deep into his bones.
553
00:57:13,435 --> 00:57:15,403
I could not fail myself...
554
00:57:17,138 --> 00:57:19,606
...now and die on a fish like this.
555
00:57:21,042 --> 00:57:24,773
Now that he is coming so beautifully,
God help me to endure.
556
00:57:26,448 --> 00:57:30,282
I will say 100 "Our Fathers"
and 100 "Hail Marys."
557
00:57:33,088 --> 00:57:35,056
But I cannot say them now.
558
00:57:37,726 --> 00:57:39,717
Please consider them said.
559
00:57:42,564 --> 00:57:44,361
I will say them later.
560
00:57:47,802 --> 00:57:50,737
For an hour he had seenspots before his eyes.
561
00:57:51,172 --> 00:57:55,370
Twice he had felt faint and dizzy,and that had worried him.
562
00:57:56,978 --> 00:57:59,469
Then suddenly he saw a dark shadow...
563
00:57:59,948 --> 00:58:03,941
... that took so long to pass the boatthat he couldn't believe its length.
564
00:58:06,821 --> 00:58:08,345
He can't be that big!
565
00:58:14,429 --> 00:58:16,158
But he was that big.
566
00:58:21,703 --> 00:58:23,193
He felt faint again.
567
00:58:23,772 --> 00:58:25,501
"I moved him," he thought.
568
00:58:26,007 --> 00:58:28,271
"Maybe this time I can get him over."
569
00:58:28,977 --> 00:58:32,071
Pull, hands! Hold on, legs!
570
00:58:47,529 --> 00:58:50,760
"I must get him alongside this time,"the old man thought.
571
00:58:53,168 --> 00:58:55,136
Next time, I'll pull him over.
572
00:59:01,709 --> 00:59:05,941
He tried it once more and felt himselfgoing when he turned the fish.
573
00:59:07,048 --> 00:59:11,280
"I'll try again," he thought.He could only see well in flashes.
574
00:59:20,728 --> 00:59:24,323
Fish, you are going to die anyway.
Must you kill me, too?
575
00:59:32,507 --> 00:59:36,841
He took all his pain and what was leftof his strength and his long-gone pride...
576
00:59:37,912 --> 00:59:40,403
... and put it against the fish's agony.
577
00:59:46,921 --> 00:59:50,254
"I must get him close, close, close,"he thought.
578
00:59:51,092 --> 00:59:54,255
" I mustn't try for the head.I must get the heart."
579
01:00:29,130 --> 01:00:32,190
Now I have killed this fish
who was my brother.
580
01:00:33,101 --> 01:00:35,262
Now I must do the slave work.
581
01:00:38,106 --> 01:00:39,767
Get to work, old man.
582
01:00:48,783 --> 01:00:52,378
The old man didn't need a compassto tell him where southwest was.
583
01:00:52,554 --> 01:00:55,580
He only needed the feel of the trade windand the drawing of the sail.
584
01:00:55,657 --> 01:00:57,056
He could see the fish.
585
01:00:57,125 --> 01:01:00,219
He had only to look at his handsand feel his back against the stern...
586
01:01:00,295 --> 01:01:03,594
... to know that this had truly happenedand was not a dream.
587
01:01:05,166 --> 01:01:08,499
"The hands cure quickly," he thought."I've bled them clean.
588
01:01:09,070 --> 01:01:11,061
" The salt water will heal them.
589
01:01:11,839 --> 01:01:15,240
" The dark water of the Gulfis the greatest healer that there is."
590
01:01:17,245 --> 01:01:20,237
His head became unclearand he asked himself:
591
01:01:20,715 --> 01:01:24,082
" Is he bringing me in,or am I bringing him in?"
592
01:01:25,820 --> 01:01:28,653
They sailed together, lashed side by side.
593
01:01:29,090 --> 01:01:33,083
And the old man thought,"Let me bring him in, if it pleases him.
594
01:01:35,196 --> 01:01:39,030
" I'm only better than him through trickery.He meant me no harm."
595
01:01:40,168 --> 01:01:43,535
They sailed well, and the old mansoaked his hands in the salt water...
596
01:01:43,605 --> 01:01:45,232
... and tried to keep his head clear.
597
01:01:45,306 --> 01:01:48,605
He looked at the fish constantlyto make sure it was true.
598
01:01:50,311 --> 01:01:52,973
It was an hour beforethe first shark hit him.
599
01:01:58,019 --> 01:02:00,180
He was a very big mako shark...
600
01:02:00,355 --> 01:02:03,620
... built to swim as fastas the fastest fish of the sea.
601
01:02:09,364 --> 01:02:12,299
Now he speeded up as he smelledthe fresher scent...
602
01:02:12,500 --> 01:02:14,900
... and his blue dorsal fin cut the water.
603
01:02:16,504 --> 01:02:18,096
When the old man saw him coming...
604
01:02:18,172 --> 01:02:20,640
... he knew this was a sharkthat had no fear at all...
605
01:02:20,708 --> 01:02:23,176
... and would do exactly what he pleased.
606
01:02:34,155 --> 01:02:37,989
It was too good to be true.
It might just as well have been a dream.
607
01:03:33,748 --> 01:03:37,741
Now my fish bleeds again
and there will be others.
608
01:03:40,621 --> 01:03:42,452
It was too good to be true.
609
01:03:49,464 --> 01:03:53,798
The old man did not look at the fishanymore, since it had been mutilated.
610
01:03:54,535 --> 01:03:59,199
When the fish was hit, it wasas if he himself had been hit.
611
01:04:00,241 --> 01:04:03,267
"But I killed the shark that hit my fish,"he thought.
612
01:04:03,344 --> 01:04:05,972
"And he was the biggest I ever saw.
613
01:04:06,514 --> 01:04:08,209
"It was too good to last!"
614
01:04:08,816 --> 01:04:13,253
He knew eachjerking bump of the sharkhad been meat torn away...
615
01:04:13,921 --> 01:04:17,186
... and the fish now made a trail of bloodfor all sharks...
616
01:04:17,258 --> 01:04:19,658
... as wide as a highway through the sea.
617
01:04:24,399 --> 01:04:26,799
He knew well the patternof what could happen...
618
01:04:26,868 --> 01:04:29,496
... when he reached the inner partof the current.
619
01:04:29,570 --> 01:04:31,663
But there was nothing to be done.
620
01:04:33,141 --> 01:04:35,405
"Yes, there is," he thought.
621
01:04:35,510 --> 01:04:38,445
" I can lash my knife to the buttof one of the oars.
622
01:04:40,581 --> 01:04:43,414
" I should have brought a stonefor the knife," he thought.
623
01:04:43,484 --> 01:04:45,816
" You should've brought many things,but you didn't.
624
01:04:45,887 --> 01:04:48,321
" Now is no time to thinkof what you do not have.
625
01:04:48,389 --> 01:04:51,256
" Think of what you can dowith what you have.
626
01:04:51,392 --> 01:04:54,691
"You give me good counsel," he thought,"I'm tired of it."
627
01:05:16,717 --> 01:05:19,982
I am still an old man.
But I will not be unarmed!
628
01:09:01,876 --> 01:09:03,867
I went out too far, fish.
629
01:09:04,712 --> 01:09:06,737
No good for you, nor for me.
630
01:09:08,082 --> 01:09:09,674
I'm sorry, fish.
631
01:09:38,112 --> 01:09:40,706
I still have almost half of him left.
632
01:09:41,215 --> 01:09:44,651
Maybe I will have the luck
to bring that much of him in.
633
01:09:45,219 --> 01:09:46,880
I should have some luck.
634
01:09:49,623 --> 01:09:52,922
No. You violated your luck
when you went too far out.
635
01:09:57,732 --> 01:09:59,256
Don't be silly.
636
01:10:01,235 --> 01:10:03,032
Stay awake and steer.
637
01:10:05,005 --> 01:10:07,269
You still may have some luck.
638
01:10:12,413 --> 01:10:14,040
I'd like to buy some...
639
01:10:15,049 --> 01:10:17,540
...if there is a place where they sell it.
640
01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:21,283
What would I buy it with?
641
01:10:22,189 --> 01:10:26,148
A lost harpoon, a broken knife?
Two bad hands?
642
01:10:27,128 --> 01:10:28,459
You might.
643
01:10:30,898 --> 01:10:34,959
You tried to buy it with 84 days at sea.
644
01:10:36,137 --> 01:10:38,469
They almost sold it to you, too.
645
01:10:41,675 --> 01:10:43,973
I must not think such nonsense.
646
01:10:47,047 --> 01:10:50,642
Luck is a thing that comes in many forms...
647
01:10:52,219 --> 01:10:54,312
...and who can recognize her?
648
01:10:59,226 --> 01:11:01,660
I wish I could see the lights of Havana.
649
01:11:04,031 --> 01:11:06,124
I wish for too many things.
650
01:11:09,937 --> 01:11:12,064
But that is what I wish now.
651
01:11:21,949 --> 01:11:24,315
He saw the reflected glareof the light of the city...
652
01:11:24,385 --> 01:11:26,216
... at what must have beenaround 10:00 at night.
653
01:11:26,287 --> 01:11:28,084
He was stiff and sore now.
654
01:11:28,189 --> 01:11:31,886
And his wounds and all the strainedparts of his body hurt.
655
01:11:33,694 --> 01:11:37,494
He could no longer talk to the fish.It was ruined too badly.
656
01:11:39,366 --> 01:11:41,459
Then something came into his head.
657
01:11:44,171 --> 01:11:45,502
Half-fish.
658
01:11:46,207 --> 01:11:47,868
Fish that you were...
659
01:11:50,444 --> 01:11:52,412
I am sorry I went out too far.
660
01:11:55,382 --> 01:11:56,713
It ruined us both.
661
01:12:00,221 --> 01:12:02,712
But we have killed many sharks, you and I.
662
01:12:04,158 --> 01:12:05,716
And ruined many more.
663
01:12:09,230 --> 01:12:11,790
How many have you ever killed, old fish?
664
01:12:13,534 --> 01:12:16,230
You do not have that spear for nothing.
665
01:12:21,675 --> 01:12:25,236
" What will you do nowif they come in the night?" he thought.
666
01:12:26,513 --> 01:12:29,641
What will I do if they come in the night?
667
01:12:32,553 --> 01:12:34,077
I'll fight them!
668
01:12:34,788 --> 01:12:36,619
I'll fight them until I die!
669
01:12:37,791 --> 01:12:41,227
"But I hope I do not have to fight again,"he thought.
670
01:12:41,662 --> 01:12:44,256
" I hope so much I do nothave to fight again!"
671
01:12:58,078 --> 01:13:01,639
But he fought again, and this timehe knew the fight was useless.
672
01:14:09,149 --> 01:14:12,585
He knew he was beaten now,finally and without remedy.
673
01:14:16,557 --> 01:14:18,047
I'm sorry, fish.
674
01:15:03,237 --> 01:15:05,762
He could feel he wasinside the current now.
675
01:15:05,839 --> 01:15:09,297
And he could see the lights ofthe beach colonies along the shore.
676
01:15:09,376 --> 01:15:12,641
He knew where he was now,and it was nothing to get home.
677
01:15:12,846 --> 01:15:15,406
"The wind is our friend," he thought.
678
01:15:15,482 --> 01:15:17,541
Then he added, " Sometimes.
679
01:15:17,985 --> 01:15:21,352
"And the great sea,with our friends and our enemies.
680
01:15:21,455 --> 01:15:22,444
"And bed.
681
01:15:23,290 --> 01:15:25,690
" Bed is my friend. Just bed.
682
01:15:27,161 --> 01:15:29,152
"Bed will be a great thing."
683
01:15:31,265 --> 01:15:33,324
It is easy when you are beaten.
684
01:15:35,769 --> 01:15:36,997
What beat you?
685
01:15:38,806 --> 01:15:41,274
Nothing. I just went out too far.
686
01:15:48,649 --> 01:15:50,742
Man is not made for defeat.
687
01:15:53,654 --> 01:15:56,748
Man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
688
01:16:08,836 --> 01:16:10,599
It was quiet in the harbor...
689
01:16:10,671 --> 01:16:13,970
... and he sailed up onto the little patchof shingle below the rocks.
690
01:16:14,041 --> 01:16:15,906
There was no one to help him.
691
01:16:16,577 --> 01:16:19,375
He unstepped the mast, furled the sail...
692
01:16:20,447 --> 01:16:24,281
... and he shouldered the mastand started to climb. It was then...
693
01:16:24,818 --> 01:16:27,378
... that he knew the depth of his tiredness.
694
01:17:49,436 --> 01:17:52,735
He had to sit down five timesbefore he reached the shack.
695
01:18:02,316 --> 01:18:05,149
In the morning, it was blowing so hardthat the drifting boats...
696
01:18:05,219 --> 01:18:08,017
... would not be going out.And the boy had slept late...
697
01:18:08,088 --> 01:18:10,147
... then had come to the old man's shack...
698
01:18:10,224 --> 01:18:13,455
... as he had come each morningwhile the old man was gone.
699
01:18:17,864 --> 01:18:21,027
The old man was asleep.The boy saw he was breathing.
700
01:18:28,575 --> 01:18:31,840
Then he saw the old man's handsand started to cry.
701
01:19:00,374 --> 01:19:02,399
He went out quietly to bring some coffee...
702
01:19:02,476 --> 01:19:05,172
... and all the way down the roadhe was crying.
703
01:19:16,490 --> 01:19:20,893
Many fishermen were around the skifflooking at what was beside it.
704
01:19:21,361 --> 01:19:25,297
One was in the water, measuringthe skeleton with a length of line...
705
01:19:25,365 --> 01:19:29,199
... and preparing to take off the head.The boy did not go down.
706
01:19:30,203 --> 01:19:31,761
He had been there before.
707
01:19:38,378 --> 01:19:41,040
A can of coffee,
with plenty of milk and sugar in it.
708
01:19:41,114 --> 01:19:42,911
What a fish that was!
709
01:19:43,216 --> 01:19:45,548
There has never been such a fish.
710
01:19:46,086 --> 01:19:48,646
Although those were two fine fish
you took yesterday.
711
01:19:48,722 --> 01:19:50,713
Never mind about my fish.
712
01:19:51,692 --> 01:19:53,455
Does he want a drink of any kind?
713
01:19:53,527 --> 01:19:55,518
No. If he does, I'll be back.
714
01:19:56,763 --> 01:19:58,697
Tell him how sorry I am.
715
01:19:59,032 --> 01:20:00,090
Thanks.
716
01:20:01,968 --> 01:20:03,458
I'll get the coffee.
717
01:21:22,816 --> 01:21:25,614
They beat me, Manolin.
They truly beat me.
718
01:21:26,586 --> 01:21:29,020
He didn't beat you. Not the fish.
719
01:21:31,224 --> 01:21:32,555
Did you suffer much?
720
01:21:35,862 --> 01:21:38,023
Now we'll fish together again.
721
01:21:41,168 --> 01:21:42,795
I am not lucky anymore.
722
01:21:43,236 --> 01:21:45,898
To hell with luck!
I'll bring the luck with me.
723
01:21:48,775 --> 01:21:50,709
What will your father say?
724
01:21:50,777 --> 01:21:52,506
I don't care what he says!
725
01:21:58,285 --> 01:22:02,483
We must get a killing lance
and keep it on board at all times.
726
01:22:03,123 --> 01:22:04,784
It must be very sharp.
727
01:22:05,425 --> 01:22:09,122
And not tempered so it will break
like my knife broke.
728
01:22:10,230 --> 01:22:13,996
I'll get another knife.
How long will the heavy wind last?
729
01:22:16,937 --> 01:22:18,802
Maybe three days, maybe more.
730
01:22:19,506 --> 01:22:21,440
I'll have everything in order.
731
01:22:22,008 --> 01:22:24,101
You get your hands well, old man.
732
01:22:27,647 --> 01:22:30,207
They will be all right in a couple of days.
733
01:22:31,418 --> 01:22:33,249
I know how to care for them.
734
01:22:34,321 --> 01:22:37,222
During the night,
I spat up something strange.
735
01:22:37,290 --> 01:22:40,282
It felt like something in my chest
was broken.
736
01:22:41,394 --> 01:22:43,021
Get that well, too.
737
01:22:43,396 --> 01:22:46,194
Drink your coffee.
I'll get you something to eat.
738
01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:51,234
And bring me the papers
from the time I was away.
739
01:23:32,379 --> 01:23:36,110
That afternoon, there were touristsfrom Havana at the caf�.
740
01:23:36,583 --> 01:23:38,050
One looked down at the water...
741
01:23:38,118 --> 01:23:40,643
... and among the empty beer cansand dead barracuda...
742
01:23:40,720 --> 01:23:44,986
... she saw the long backbone ofthe great fish that was nowjust garbage...
743
01:23:45,392 --> 01:23:47,622
... waiting to go out with the tide.
744
01:23:50,063 --> 01:23:52,395
"What's that?" she asked the waiter.
745
01:23:52,799 --> 01:23:57,259
"Shark," he said, trying to explainwhat happened to the marlin.
746
01:23:59,005 --> 01:24:01,371
" I didn't know sharks had such handsome...
747
01:24:01,441 --> 01:24:04,069
"...beautifully formed tails,"the woman said.
748
01:24:04,244 --> 01:24:07,077
"I didn't, either,"her male companion answered.
749
01:24:13,019 --> 01:24:16,182
Up the road in his shack,the old man was sleeping again.
750
01:24:17,023 --> 01:24:20,515
He was still sleeping on his faceand the boy was watching him.
751
01:24:22,395 --> 01:24:25,125
The old man was dreaming about the lions.
70004
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