The Old Man and the Sea

What small lies does Santiago tell the boy about his living conditions?

the old man's lies

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Santiago tells the boy he'll have his rice and fish later and there is no net to cast.

"There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they wen through this fiction every day. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too."

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The Old Man and the Sea