Fish, the old man said. Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do …

Ernest Hemingway
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Fish, the old man said. Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too? ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2016). The Old Man and the Sea, p.27, Hamilton Books
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Fish, the old man said. Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too? ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2016). The Old Man and the Sea, p.27, Hamilton Books

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