"my name is shiwozuchino okina, and i live near by on this shore. i am sorry to hear what misfortune has befallen you. you must indeed be anxious. but if i tell you what i think, the hook is nowhere here it is either at the bottom of the sea or in the body of some fish who has swallowed it, and for this reason, though you spend your whole life in looking for it here, you will never find it."