The Old Man and the Sea

Many fishermen were around the skiff looking at what was lashed beside it and one was in the water, his trousers rolled up, measuring the skeleton with a length of line.

“The ocean is very big and a skiff is small and hard to see,” the old man said. He noticed how pleasant it was to have someone to talk to instead of speaking only to himself and to the sea.

“You must get well fast for there is much that I can learn and you can teach me everything. How much did you suffer?” “Plenty,” the old man said.