Moby Dick

why does pip say to ahab "use me for your one lost leg"

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Pip wants nothing more than to stay with Ahab and help him.

“No, no, no! ye have not a whole body, sir; do ye but use poor me for your one lost leg; only tread upon me, sir; I ask no more, so I remain a part of ye.”

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Moby Dick/ Chapter 129