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I knew Santiago since I was five, and he had eyes as brilliant
and blue as the sea.When I first met him, I was but a young lad.What struck me as peculiar about the old man was his devotion to his brothers in the sea.He accepted me as his disciple, and I remember that once, he fished for eighty-seven days without catching a single fish;we caught big ones every day for the next three weeks.We romanticized the idea of finding an eighty-five.That was the day before he set out again.He had his tenacity, and had
intended to go fishing with the little food he brought and didn’t think about keeping warm.Martin gave me some food to share with the old man.It was delicious, and I still have to thank Martin today for that meal, and for other times.We talked about baseball, then, too.He admired the great Joe DiMaggio, and believed it was his strength that helped drive the Yankees.DiMaggio’s father used to fish as well, but I suppose the young Joe never got used to it.Dick Sisler of the Phillies used to visit the Terrace regularly, and Santiago always said he was too timid to take the great Sisler fishing.He regretted it a lot, and today, even when I think of Sisler’s great hit, I imagine that we could have made a memory with this great man.John McGraw was another frequent visitor of the Terrace in the older days.He was a great manager, and my father respected him.And the lions, he would tell me about the lions.When Santiago was a boy, he had lived in Africa, and he would recall most
vividly a picture of these lions playing like young cats in the dusk.He would tell me that he loved them just as much as he loved me.The lions were a symbol of hope and courage for him.When he talked about the lions, his eyes would light up, and he would wear his weary smile.I remember when he returned, I had made my mind to stay with the old man.He said that his luck had gone, and yet decided that he would let me fish with him.That day, he slept with a beautiful smile.I suspect he was dreaming about the lions.
