had seen
many great
fish. He
had seen
many that
weighed
more than
a thousand
pounds and
he had
caught two
of that
size in
his life,
but never
alone. Now
alone, and
out of
sight of
land, he
was fast
to the
biggest
fish that
he had
ever seen
and bigger
than he
had ever
heard
of,and his
left hand
was still
as tight
as the
gripped
claws of
an eagle.
It will
uncramp
though, he
thought.
Surely it
will
uncramp to
help my
right
hand.
There are
three


