The Old Man And The Sea
The story starts out with an old man and a boy. Both the boy and the old man are fishermen. They do not fish as a hobby, but a way of life. Then boy is put on another boat because the old man's luck has left him for over eighty days, which means he has not caught a fish for a very long time. The boat the boy is now on is a lucky boat and has caught fish every day that it has gone out. The boy, Manolin, is the old man's closest friend. Manolin get's up every day and helps the old man, Santiago, take the mast down to the shore to his skiff. The captain of the boy's boat does not let him carry anything, yet Santiago let him carry things when the boy was just five years old. That is how young the boy was when he first started his "classes on fishing" as I would call them. 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
When he got home he put the mast in the corner and fell asleep on his bed of papers. His strength failed him and the mast fell on his already wounded back. At that point the tired bird took off. On the way down he saw all the fisherman at the old mans boat. That night the old man slept feeling that the sea had beaten him. Manolin then told Santiago that he was going to fish with him. But Santiago told him not to so that the boys boat would stay "lucky. Then Santiago brought it in and strapped it to the skiff, put up the sail and started back. They all turned to the boy and asked how the old man was. Then the fish gave the old man a jolt and sent him flying to the ground. The boy, crying, said he was still asleep. He got the fish hooked and hung on.
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