The Pearl
By: John Steinbeck
Kino lived in a brush house along the Gulf of Spain with his wife Juana
and baby boy Coyotito. Like his relatives, he was a poor diver and was not
very wealthy. He would dive to the bottom of the pearl beds and gather
anything of value that washed in from the Gulf. Kino was a strong young man
with long black hair that covered his face with a thin rough mustache. In
the mornings when he woke up, Kino would listen to the tiny waves roll up on
the shore. Since his people were once great song makers, Kino would sit,
think, and sing the beautiful songs of his…
