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CHAPTER 4
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The whole town knows that Kino plans to sell his pearl in the morning. |
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Kino, Juana, and Coyotito dress up in their best clothes and leave to meet the pearl buyers. Their neighbours join them on their walk to the town. |
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Kino's brother, Juan Tomas, walks with him to town but warns him about being cheated. |
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A pearl buyer offers Kino one thousand pesos for the pearl. This is less than what Kino expected. He feels the pearl is worth at least fifty thousand pesos. |
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The pearl buyer decides to call three other pearl dealers to inspect the pearl. Kino is very disappointed with their remarks and offer. |
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Kino storms out of the pearl buyer's office. He believes the dealers have plotted together not to offer him a good price for the pearl. He says he will sell the pearl in the city. |
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That night, Kino hides the pearl under a stone near the fire in his hut. |
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He feels restless and steps outside the house. |
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Kino is attacked again. Juana finds him semi-conscious, his clothes torn and with a deep cut in his cheek from ear to chin. He also has a cut on his scalp. |
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Juana is worried and claims that the pearl is evil. She asks Kino to throw the pearl back into the sea but again Kino refuses to do so. |
CHAPTER 5
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Just before dawn, Kino senses movement near him in the darkness. He sees Juana taking the pearl and heading towards the shore. |
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Angrily, Kino follows her. When Juana realizes that Kino is behind her, she runs to the sea and tries to throw the pearl away. |
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Kino hits her face and kicks her in the side. He walks away from her. |
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Suddenly, Kino is attacked for the third time by an unidentified attacker, but he kills the man. Juana hides the body. |
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Juana and Kino decide to leave at once for the city in the canoe. However, someone has made a hole in the canoe. |
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When Juana goes home to get Coyotito, she discovers that the house has been ransacked. While she was in the house, the intruders set the house on fire. |
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Kino and his family go to Juan Tomas's house. |
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Later that night, Kino and Juana start their journey to the cities in the north, where they hope to sell the pearl. Juan Tomas lends Kino a knife. |
CHAPTER 6
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As Kino and Juana travel to the north, they make sure that they do not leave any tracks behind them. |
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When Kino realizes that some trackers are following them, he no longer tries to cover his tracks. |
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He then tries to lead the trackers away, but fails to do so. |
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Kino and his family head towards the high stone mountains. |
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Kino persuades Juana to hide in a cave with Coyotito. |
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The trackers decide to rest near where Juana and Coyotito are hidden. Kino knows he must kill them that night. |
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One of the trackers hears a cry from Coyotito. He thinks it is a coyote pup. He then fires a shot towards the sound before Kino can grab the rifle. |
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Kino kills all the three trackers. |
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The bullet from the rifle kills Coyotito. |
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Kino and Juana return to La Paz. |
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Kino carries the rifle while Juana carries Coyotito's body wrapped in her shawl. |
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When they reach the beach, Kino throws the pearl as far out into the sea as he can. |