The Pearl begins with a new day beginning and the evil of night passing. Kino wakes up and Juana, who is Kino's wife, begins making corn tortillas. Then as the song of the family gets strong inside Kino's head he sees a scorpion coming down a rope toward Coyotito's sleeping box. Kino lunges toward the scorpion but it is too late and it stings Coyotito who is only an infant. This is where the story rapidly develops. They go to the doctor so he can treat the child, but the doctor is racist and also will not treat coyotito because they're poor. So they leave, angered, and are looking for a way to be able to save Coyotito. They go out into the canoe and Kino begins pearl diving. He comes back to the surface with a bunch of little clams and an enormous clam that he found in a rock cove at the bottom of the clam bed. He opens it and howls like a coyote when he finds the pearl of the world. The news spreads and the doctor comes up with a plot to steal the pearl. That night the......
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