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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