Kino finds a pearl.

The litlle wooden houses of the fishing people were built near the beach on the right of the town.



There were canoes in front of the houses.



Kino and Juana came slowly down the beach to Kino canoe. Kino and Juana came slowly down the beach to Kino canoe.


Kino and Juana came slowly down the beach to Kino canoe.



Kino canoe was the most valuable thing he owned.


The canoe was very old.


It had belonged to Kino father and grandfather in the old days.



Now it belonged to Kino.


A canoe was valuable because a man could get food with it.


If a man had a canoe he could always give a woman something to eat.



Kino covered his canoe with plaster .



The plaster hardener on the outside of the canoe and made it strong and safe.



Now Kino came to the canoe.



He laid his diving Stone his basket and ropes in the bottom of the canoe.


Juana laid Coyotito on the blanket. She put her shawl over him.


Coyotito was quiet now.


Seaweed was a good medicine as the doctor could have given to Coyotito.



But because this medicine was simple and did not cost anything...did not think it was much good.