The boy loved Santiago with all of his heart. To prove this one day the boy bought some minnows for the old man. That same day he also bought him a "can" of coffee. That day he wanted to go fishing with the old man, but the old man refused to let the boy come with him. He said, "You are with a lucky boat, stay with it." The boy was heart broken but soon got over it and went fishing with his boat. The boat the boy was on had a captain who was nearly blind

On the third day Santiago started to pull the large fish in. But the marlin did not want to give up yet and surged. The sheer power pulled the line from Santiago's hands. The old man struggled to get the line and stop the fish's get away. In doing this he ripped open both hands and his back. Finally he had the situation under control. Then toward late morning the fish started to circle the skiff. The old man pulled with all the strength left and got it close enough for him to put a harpoon in it. It swam away then died. Then Santiago brought it in and strapped it to the skiff, put up the sail and started back. The blood trail first brought a large shark. The old man stabbed the harpoon directly into its brain. It ran and broke the harpoons line and sunk to the bottom. He did not kill it before it took a big mouth full, which was its last meal. Then two hours later two more shovel nosed sharks came to feed on the great marlin. Santiago strapped his knife to an oar handle and repeatedly stabbed them. By one it was late day and a group of scavenger sharks, also known as "los golanos," came to feed. The old man tried to kill them all and succeeded. But his effort was for nothing as they had already eaten the fish. That night the old man slept feeling that the sea had beaten him. He wished that the boy were with him. Throughout the night he could feel other sharks nibbling at the marlin's remains.

The next day Santiago went out to sea a little further than anyone usually ever goes and that is where he hooked his fish. He got the fish hooked and hung on. The fish towed him farther and farther out to sea at a steady pace. At one point there was a bird that came and balanced on the fishing line. Then the

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