NEXT UP! 2 84 Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) is one of the most celebrated American authors. He wrote novels and short stories, and his writing style has influenced many other authors. Hemingway lived an adventurous life. Amongst other things, he enjoyed bullfighting, fishing and hunting. He participated in both world wars and worked as a war correspondent during the civil war in Spain. In 1954, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Sadly, at sixtyone, he took his life with a shotgun. The short story “A Day’s Wait” is from the collection Winner Take Nothing, published in 1933. A Day’s Wait He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move. “What’s the matter, Schatz?” “I’ve got a headache.” “You better go back to bed.” “No, I’m all right.” “You go to bed. I’ll see you when I’m dressed.” But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever. “You go up to bed,” I said, “you’re sick.” “I’m all right,” he said. When the doctor came he took the boy’s temperature. “What is it?” I asked him. “One hundred and two.” Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instructions for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative, the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to Before reading Study the painting on page 85. If the boy and dog could communicate using words, what do you imagine they would say to each other? to ache – verkja a purgative – hægðalyf an acid condition – brjóstsviði germs – bakteríur Schatz is a German term of affection, meaning “treasure”.
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