what shows up that the old man thinks of as a friend to talk to
he reveals that there had been a search for santiago involving the coast guard and planes santiago is happy to have someone to talk to and after he and manolin make plans the old man sleeps again manolin leaves to find food and the newspapers for the old man and to tell pedrico that the marlin s head is his that afternoon two tourists at the terrace cafÃ© mistake the great skeleton for that of a shark