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第4章 The Big Fish Bit the Hook（第1页）
Justthen，watchinghislines，hesawoneoftheprojectinggreensticksdipsharply.
“Yes，”
hesaid.“Yes，”
andshippedhisoarswithoutbumpingtheboat.Hereachedoutforthelineandhelditsoftlybetweenthethumbandforefingerofhisrighthand.Hefeltnostrainnorweightandheheldthelinelightly.Thenitcameagain.Thistimeitwasatentativepull，notsolidnorheavy，andheknewexactlywhatitwas.Onehundredfathomsdownamarlinwaseatingthesardinesthatcoveredthepointandtheshankofthehookwherethehand-forgedhookprojectedfromtheheadofthesmalltuna.
Theoldmanheldthelinedelicately，andsoftly，withhislefthand，unleasheditfromthestick.Nowhecouldletitrunthroughhisfingerswithoutthefishfeelinganytension.
Thisfarout，hemustbehugeinthismonth，hethought.Eatthem，fish.EatthePleaseeattheHowfreshtheyareandyoudowntheresixhundredfeetinthatcoldwaterinthedark.Makeanotherturninthedarkandcomebackandeatthe
Hefeltthelightdelicatepullingandthenaharderpullwhenasardinesheadmusthavebeenmoredifficulttobreakfromthehook.Thentherewasnothing.
“Comeon，”
theoldmansaidaloud.“Makeanotherturn.JustsmelltheArenttheylovely?Eatthemgoodnowandthenthereisthetuna.Hardandcoldandlovely.Dontbeshy，fish.Eatthe”
Hewaitedwiththelinebetweenhisthumbandhisfinger，watchingitandtheotherlinesatthesametimeforthefishmighthaveswumupordown.Thencamethesamedelicatepullingtouchagain.
“Helltakeit，”
theoldmansaidaloud.“Godhelphimtotakeit.”
Hedidnottakeitthough.Hewasgoneandtheoldmanfeltnothing.
“Hecanthavegone，”
hesaid.“Christknowshecanthavegone.Hesmakingaturn.Maybehehasbeenhookedbeforeandherememberssomethingofit.”
Thenhefeltthegentletouchonthelineandhewashappy.
“Itwasonlyhisturn，”
hesaid.“Helltakeit.”
Hewashappyfeelingthegentlepullingandthenhefeltsomethinghardandunbelievablyheavy.Itwastheweightofthefishandheletthelineslipdown，down，down，unrollingoffthefirstofthetworeservecoils.Asitwentdown，slippinglightlythroughtheoldmansfingers，hestillcouldfeelthegreatweight，thoughthepressureofhisthumbandfingerwerealmostimperceptible.
“Whatafish，”
hesaid.“Hehasitsidewaysinhismouthnowandheismovingoffwithit.”
Thenhewillturnandswallowit，hethought.Hedidnotsaythatbecauseheknewthatifyousaidagoodthingitmightnothappen.Heknewwhatahugefishthiswasandhethoughtofhimmovingawayinthedarknesswiththetunaheldcrosswiseinhismouth.Atthatmomenthefelthimstopmovingbuttheweightwasstillthere.Thentheweightincreasedandhegavemoreline.Hetightenedthepressureofhisthumbandfingerforamomentandtheweightincreasedandwasgoingstraightdown.
“Hestakenit，”
hesaid.“NowIlllethimeatitwell.”
Heletthelineslipthroughhisfingerswhilehereacheddownwithhislefthandandmadefastthefreeendofthetworeservecoilstotheloopofthetworeservecoilsofthenextline.Nowhewasready.Hehadthreeforty-fathomcoilsoflineinreservenow，aswellasthecoilhewasusing.
“Eatitalittlemore，”
hesaid.“Eatitwell.”
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