The old fisherman is thin and gaunt; he has deepwrinkles, discolored clothes, but his eyes are perhaps the key to his soul: "They were the same colour as the sea water and were cheerful and undefeated." ... At night, he "dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long garden benches and the white beaches, so white they hurt your eyes, and the high capes and the great brown mountain." ... He goes "out into the clean early morning smell of the ocean," hearing "the trembling sound as flying fish left the water and the hissing that their stiff set wings made as they soared away in the darkness," ...

• Word Count: 2478
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School