Kino is a Mexican-Indian man and he lives in a house made of bundles of straw. In the year 1900 in the village of La Paz on the coast of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico a pearl diver named Kino awakens in his bed. At the end of the novella, Kino and Juana return to their town with their son's body and fling the cursed pearl back into the sea. There is a struggle between Kino and the trackers and though he manages to kill them all, the baby is shot during the fight. Kino, Juana, and Coyotito leave town bound for the capital in order to see if they can sell the pearl but are set upon by trackers soon after they leave. Envy sets in, and people being trying to steal the pearl and attack the family. After Kino brings the pearl home, word spreads around the town that he has found a large pearl that is certain to make his family rich. Kino finds a very large pearl that seems to have magical properties as it heals the baby on it's own. After being turned away by the doctor for having no money, Kino and his wife, Juana take to his canoe to dive for pearls in the sea in the hopes that they will find one big enough to pay for treatment for the child. One morning as the sun is rising, Coyotito is stung by a deadly scorpion and, in fear for his life his parents rush him to the town doctor. The novella follows the story of a poor Mexican-Indian man named Kino who lives with his wife and their newborn son, Coyotito in a house made of brush.
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