is a bone
spur? he
asked
himself.
Un espuela
de hueso.
We do not
have them.
Can it be
as painful
as the
spur of a
fighting
cock in
one’s
heel? I do
not think
I could
endure
that or
the loss
of the eye
and of
both eyes
and
continue
to fight
as the
fighting
cocks do.
Man is not
much
beside the
great
birds and
beasts.
Still I
would
rather be
that beast
down there
in the
darkness
of the
sea.
“Unless
sharks
come,” he
said
aloud. “If
