The doctor made Kino and Juana afraid about the scorpion sting.He gave the baby medicine, which he said would save him.The doctor looked around the house,because he knew that the pearl would be hidden somewhere there.In the middle of the night, while Kino and his family were sleeping, Kino suddenly heard a noise.Someone was trying to get the pearl!In the darkness, Kino jumped up with his knife but someone hit him on the head and ran away.The next morning he took the pearl to the pearl dealers in the main square of the town.There were many dealers but they all worked for one manand they always gave the divers the lowest possible price for their pearls.Kino went to different dealers but they all said that the pearl was too big and uglyand that it wasn't worth more than 1,500 pesos.Kino was very angry.He decided to go to the capital city because he knew that the pearl was very valuable.But that night someone attacked him outside his house.Juana said that the pearl was evil and that it was going to destroy them.She tried to throw the pearl into the sea, but Kino stopped her.Soon afterwards, he was attacked in the darkness by a group of men.He defended himself with his knife and killed one of the men.
