As the boy went out the door and down the worn coral rock road he was crying again

That afternoon there was a party of tourists at the Terrace and looking down in the water among the empty beer cans and dead barracudas a woman saw a great long white spine with a huge tail at the end that lifted and swung with the tide while the east wind blew a heavy steady sea outside the entrance to the harbour.

"What's that (что это)?" she asked a waiter (спросила она официанта) and pointed to the long backbone of the great fish (и показала на длинный позвоночник огромной рыбы) that was now just garbage waiting to go out with the tide (который сейчас был просто мусором, ждущим, когда его унесет отливом).

"Tiburon (акула /исп./)," the waiter said. "Eshark." He was meaning to explain what had happened (он собирался объяснить, что произошло).

"I didn't know sharks had such handsome, beautifully formed tails (не знала, что у акул такие красивые, изящно выгнутые: «сформированные» хвосты)."

"I didn't either (я тоже не знал)," her male companion said (сказал спутник).

Up the road, in his shack (выше по дороге, в хижине), the old man was sleeping again (старик снова спал). He was still sleeping on his face (он все также спал лицом вниз: «на своем лице») and the boy was sitting by him watching him (а мальчик сидел рядом, наблюдая за ним). The old man was dreaming about the lions (старику снились львы).

"What's that?" she asked a waiter and pointed to the long backbone of the great fish that was now just garbage waiting to go out with the tide.

"Tiburon," the waiter said. "Eshark." He was meaning to explain what had happened.

"I didn't know sharks had such handsome, beautifully formed tails."

"I didn't either," her male companion said.