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1  I wish he would turn with the current.
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2  But that is not why I wish to feel him.
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3  I wish I could feed the fish, he thought.
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4  Then he said aloud, "I wish I had the boy."
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5  I wish I could show him what sort of man I am.
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6  I wish it had really been a dream, he thought.
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7  "I wish I had the boy," the old man said aloud.
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8  I wish a flying fish would come on board tonight.
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9  I wish it were a dream and that I had never hooked him.
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10  I wish I could see the glow from the lights, he thought.
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11  I wish I could see him only once to know what I have against me.
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12  "I wish the boy were here and that I had some salt," he said aloud.
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13  I wish he'd sleep and I could sleep and dream about the lions, he thought.
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14  I wish I was the fish, he thought, with everything he has against only my will and my intelligence.
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15  "I wish I had a stone for the knife," the old man said after he had checked the lashing on the oar butt.
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16  I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the fish and was alone in bed on the newspapers.
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17  "I wish the boy was here," he said aloud and settled himself against the rounded planks of the bow and felt the strength of the great fish through the line he held across his shoulders moving steadily toward whatever he had chosen.
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