skiff was still shaking with the destruction the other shark was doing
to the fish and the old man let go the sheet so that the skiff would
swing broad side and bring the shark out from under. When he saw the
shark he leaned over the side and punched at him. He hit only meat and
the hide was set hard and he barely got the knife in. The blow hurt not
only his hands but his shoulder too. But the shark came up fast and his
head out and the old man hit him squarely in the center of his
flat-topped head as his nose came out of water
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黄恺莜
The old man made bad judgments and remembered how many times he had missed the chance that fate had given him. But the old man was focused enough not to pace endlessly in frustration at the disadvantage of the situation, but to think about how to move on. As long as there is life, there is the possibility of recovery, the old man has always done so.