A town is like an animak.a town has

A town is like an animak.a town has a head and shoulders and feet.no two towns are the same.and a town has felling.it is a mystery how new travels through a town.new seems to move faster than small boys can tell it. It moves faster than women can call it to their neighbors
Berfore kino and juana and the fishermen came to kino’s small wooden house, everyone in town already knew.kino had the pearl of the world.the news moved past thelittle houses into town,to the big stone house. It came to the priest walking near the church. He thought of repairs that the church needed. He asked himself what the pearl was worth.he tried to remember if he married kino and juana. Did he know kino’s baby? The news came to the shopkeepers. The looked at men’s clothes that they could not sell
The news came to the doctor when he was sitting with an old woman patient.he asked who kino was.and when he understood,the doctor grew serious. “his baby is my patient” the doctor said
The news came early to the beggars in font of the church,and the laughed with happiness. A poor man is very kind to beggars when he is suddenly lucky
Kino haf the pearl of the world. In the stone town. In little offices,sat the men who bought the pearls came in.and then they fought and shouted with the fishermen. They stopped only when the fishermen agree to a low price. And when the buying ended, these buyers sat alone with the pearls. They dreamed they owned them. There were not really many buyers. There was only one greedy man, and he kept akk his workers in different offices. So it only seened that the fishmen could choose the buyer for their pearls
The news of kino’s pearl cane to these men. Each man thought about his future. Someone must one day take the place of their greedy boss. And all of them dreamed of the money from kino’s great pearl. (that money” each man hoped”will help make me the new boss”
All kinds of people grew interested in kino. Sine were people with things to sell. Some were people who wanted help.kino had the pearl of the world kino’s pearl went into the dreams and plans and needs of everyone.and only one oerson.kino, stood between them and their dreams ,si,strangely, he became every man’s enemy. The news brought up something black and evil in the town. This black thing was like a scorpion
But kino and juana did not know these things.they were happy and excited. They thought that everyone felt same way.juan tomas and apolonia di. In the afternoon, kino sat in his house with juana at his side. The house was crowed with neighbors.Kino held the great pearl in his hand,anh it was warm and alive in his hand.And when the music of the pearl joined the music of the family, each song became more beautiful.
And Juan Tomas,sitting next to Kino,asked,’’What will you do now?You have become a rich man.’’
Kino looked into his pearl,Juana covered fer face so nobody couild see her excitement.And in the shining pearl,pictures formed.In the pearl he sawJuana and Cyotito and himself standing in a church.Now they could pay.He spoke softly,’’We will be married-in the church.’’
In the pearl he saw how they wew dressed.Juana was in a new skirt.Under the long skirt,Kino could see that she wore shoes.He also wore new shoes.And Coyotito wore a blue suit from the United States and a little har.All of these things Kino saw in the shiny pearl.’’We will have new clothes,’’he said.
And the music of the pearl grew louder in his cars.
Then came the little things that Kino wanted.New fishing equipment.And-his mund could not belive it-a gun.Why not,if he was so rich?His mouth moved slowly over this.’’A gun’’he said,’’maybe a gun’’
It was the gun that suddenly brought larger dreams.People arre never happy with what they have.If you give them one thing,they want something more.People say this is a bad thing.But it is one of the greatest things about people.It makes them better than animals.Animals are happy with what they have.
The neighbors listened silently to Kino.And a man in the back said,’’a gun.He will have a gun’’
But the music of the pearl was growing louder to Kino.Juana looked up.Her eyes were wide at Kino’sbravery and imagination.And now everything was possible for him.In the pearl he saw Coyotito sitting at a little desk in school.And Coyotto was dressed in a jacket,and he wore a white shirt and wide tie Coyotito was also writing on a big piece of paper.Kino looked seriously at his neighbors.’’My son wll go to schoold,’’he said.The neighbors were silent.Junana eyes were bright as she watched him.She looked quickly down at Coyotito in her arms.Was this really possible?
But Kino’s face shone.’’My son will read and open the books,and my son will write and will know writing.And my son will make numbers,and these things will make us free.Because he will know-and through him we will know.’’And in the pearl Kino saw him and Juana sitting by he little fire in their little house.They watched Coyotito read from a great book.’’This is what the pearl will do,’’Kino said.And suddely he was afraid of his talking.His hand close over the pearl.Kino was afraid.
Now the nights was coming,Juana want to the fire hole and built a fire.The neighbors knew that they should leave.But they did not want to go.It was almost dark,and Juana’sfire threw shadows on the walls.Then the news came,passed from mouth to mouth:’’The Father is coming-the priest is coming.’’
The men took off their hats and stepped back from the door.The women looke down at the floor.Kino and Juan Tomas sood up.The priest came in of these people as children.And he spoke to them as he spoke to his children.
‘’Kino,’’ he said softly,’’you are named after a great man.A great Father of the church’’His words sounded like a prayer.’’He did freat things.It is in the books.’’
Kino looked quickly down at Coyotito’s head.One day,his mind said Coyoytito will know what things are in the books.The music of the pearl left Kino’s head,and now the music of evil,of the enemy,sounded.
But the priest was speaking again.’’It has come to me that have found a great pearl.’’
Kino opened his hand and held it out.The priest was surprised at the size of he pearl.And then he said,’’I hope you will remember to thank Go for his gift.’’
Kino was silentmbut Juana soike softly.’’We woll,Father.And we will marry now.Kino has said that.’’
The priest said,’’It is pleasing that your first thoughts are good thoughts.God be with you.my children.’’He turned and left quietly.’’
But Kino’s hand closed tightly on the oearl again,and he looked at the neighors.The evil song was in his ears,and it was louder than the music of the pearl