The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not alive and then
he swung over once again, wrapping himself in two loops of the rope. The
old man knew that he was dead but the shark would not accept it. Then,
on his back, with his tail lashing and his jaws clicking, the shark
plowed over the water as a speedboat does. The water was white where his
tail beat it and three-quarters of his body was clear above the water
when the rope came taut, shivered, and then snapped. The shark lay
quietly for a little while on the surface and the old man watched him.
Then he went down very slowly.
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