The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die, and how is he calmed down?

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The boy in "A Day's Wait" confesses that he knows he will die because 44 degrees is fatal, and his temperature is now 102 degrees. The narrator explains the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales.