Ganked from the loverly dangerouslysane

[bekindtostrangers]

1. Grab the nearest book--don't go looking for the "cool" or "intellectual" book that's in your closet or the next room somewhere. I know that's what you were thinking of doing, but just grab the closest book, okay? :)

2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the fifth sentence on the page.

4. Post the text of the next three sentences on your blog along with these instructions.

"No. Afterwards I will see what he can eat."
"What a fish it was," the proprietor said. "There has never been such a fish. Those were two fine fish you took yesterday too." 
"Damn my fish," the boy said and he started to cry again.

The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway