Kino, Juana and their infant son Coyotito live in a modest brush house by the sea. One morning, calamity visits their home when Coyotito is bitten by a scorpion. With hopes of protecting their son, Kino and Juana rush him to the doctor's clinic in town. However, when they arrive at the gate, they are turned away because they are poor natives and not paying customers. Later that same morning, Kino and Juana take their …showed first 75 words of 1094 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1094 total…Juana make their way back through town and the outlying brush houses, Juana with her dead son slung over her shoulder. They walk all the way to the sea, with onlookers watching in silent fascination the whole while. At the shore, Kino pulls the pearl out from his clothing and takes a last hard look at it. And then, with all his might, under a setting sun, he flings the pearl back into the sea .