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Why did Santiago row over to the place he had seen a man-of-war bird?

 

yalim v #236023
Apr 02, 2012 12:29 AM

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Why did Santiago row over to the place he had seen a man-of-war bird?
 

jill d #170087
Apr 02, 2012 5:06 AM

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Santiago sees a man-of-war bird overhead and notices that the bird has spied something in the water. The old man follows near the bird, and drops his own lines into the area, hoping to capture the fish the bird has seen.

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Aslan
Apr 02, 2012 5:07 AM

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Because the bird knows where the fish have collected.
 

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