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Trang 11 When Kino woke up it was still dark and the
stars were still shining in the sky The birds were
singing and the pigs were looking for something
to eat
2 He looked out through the doorway Then he
looked at the box where his baby son, Coyotito,
was sleeping He turned his head toward Juana,
his wife She was looking at him as she always
did when he woke up
3 Kino heard the sound of the waves on the beach He
closed his eyes again and listened to the music of the sea His
people loved music, and long ago they made songs about
what they saw, or heard, or thought A song came into Kino’s
head—the Song of the Family
4 Juana got up quietly and went to the box where Coyotito
slept She whispered some loving words to her baby son and
then went to light the fire Kino got up and pulled his blanket
around his head and shoulders He put on his sandals and
went outside to watch the dawn Inside the little house Juana
was busy making corn-cakes for breakfast.
5 Kino heard Juana take Coyotito out of his box and wash
him She sang an old song as she fed him It was part of
the Song of the Family, and Kino felt warm and safe as he
listened to it Yellow light fell on the house The world was
awake now, and he went inside
6 Juana stood up from the fire as Kino came in She put
Coyotito back into his box Kino sat by the fire, ate a hot
corn-cake, and drank some pulque When he had finished,
Juana sat down and ate
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
dawn the beginning of the day when the sun rises
corn-cakes small Mexican cakes made of flour, butter, corn, cornmeal, and other ingredients
pulque a Mexican drink made from the agave plant (similar to cactus)
Make Predictions Do you think Kino and Juana’s day will stay calm and peaceful?
Explain your thinking
Reading Strategy
Reading Check ✓
1 Recall details
What music does Kino hear on the beach?
2 Infer How does
Kino feel about his wife and child?
Reading 1
Literature
Trang 27 Suddenly something moved near Coyotito’s box Kino and Juana stood
still A scorpion was moving slowly
toward Coyotito A scorpion’s tail
has a sting in the end, a sting that
can kill Kino heard the Song of Evil, the song of the enemy, in his head Kino moved carefully across the room with his eyes on the scorpion
8 Coyotito laughed and put up his hand toward the scorpion The scorpion sensed the danger, stopped and lifted its tail over its back Kino stood perfectly still He could not move until the scorpion moved
He put out his hand very slowly But
at that moment Coyotito laughed and his box moved Kino quickly tried to catch the scorpion, but it was too late It stung Coyotito’s arm Kino cried out, threw the scorpion
on the ground and killed it The Song of the Enemy was in Kino’s ears as Coyotito cried in pain
9 Juana took the baby in her arms She sucked the poison
from the red scorpion bite and spat it out The neighbors
heard the baby’s cries and they ran to the house
10 Juana lifted her mouth from the bite It was red and getting bigger Everyone knew about scorpions An adult could get very ill from the poison, but a baby could easily die
11 Juana was small but strong She was obedient, cheerful and patient and she worked hard When she was ill she
did not need a doctor But now she did something very surprising
scorpion animal that carries poison in its tail; it ranges in size from 1/2 inch to 8 inches sting sharp part of an animal that often contains poison
spat sent liquid out of the mouth
Make Predictions
Predict the surprising
action that Juana
does Which
foreshadowing clues
helped you make your
prediction ?
Reading
Strategy
Trang 312 “The doctor,” she said “Go get the doctor.”
13 The neighbors said, “Juana wants the doctor.” The doctor
never came to the brush houses He spent all of his time with
the rich people who lived in the stone houses in the town
14 “The doctor won’t come to us,” Kino said to Juana
15 “Then we’ll go to him,” Juana said
16 Juana covered the baby with her shawl and walked past
the crowd of people Kino and the neighbors followed her
17 They walked to the center of the town to the big stone
houses The houses had thick walls and cool gardens with
beautiful flowers The poor people passed in front of the
church and more people followed them Now everyone knew
about the baby and the scorpion
18 Four beggars in front of the church looked at Kino and
Juana’s old clothes They saw that Juana and Kino were poor
They knew about everything that happened in the town,
and they knew about the doctor too They knew that he was
ignorant, cruel and greedy They followed Juana and Kino
because they wanted to see what the fat, lazy doctor did for a
poor baby
Reading Check ✓
1 Recall details Why
does the scorpion sting Coyotito?
2 Infer How do
you know that the scorpion represents
“evil”?
3 Compare How
do the houses in the town compare with the houses
by the sea?
shawl large piece of cloth worn around the head or shoulders
cruel mean
greedy wanting more of money or food than is fair or needed
Make Predictions What do you think the doctor will do for the baby? Which important words in the text help you make that prediction ?
Reading Strategy
Trang 419 At last the crowd came
to the gate of the doctor’s house They heard the water in the fountain and the birds behind the walls, and they could smell good food
20 Kino stopped for a moment The doctor was not one of his people
The doctor was Spanish, not Mexican Indian
His people had come to Mexico from Spain four hundred years ago The Spanish had robbed, hit
and mistreated them for
centuries The doctor’s
people spoke to the Indians as they spoke to animals
21 Kino felt weak, afraid and angry He wanted to kill the doctor, not talk to him He knocked on the gate and took off his hat An Indian servant opened the gate and Kino spoke to him in the Indian language
22 “My little son has been stung by a scorpion,” Kino said
23 But the servant refused to speak in the Indian language
“Wait a moment,” he said in Spanish and he closed the gate
The bright sun made shadows on the white wall of the
house
mistreated acted badly toward centuries time periods of 100 years each shadows dark shapes that form when someone or something blocks the sun or other light
Make Predictions Do
you think the doctor
will agree to see Kino
and Juana? How
do the text, topic
sentence of paragraph
23, and picture help
you to make your
prediction ?
Reading
Strategy
Trang 524 The doctor was sitting up in bed in his dark, depressing
bedroom He was wearing a red silk dressing-gown that he
had bought in Paris, and drinking a cup of hot chocolate from
an expensive cup
25 The servant came to the door and waited
26 “Yes?” the doctor asked
27 “There’s an Indian outside with a baby He says a scorpion
stung it.”
28 “I don’t have time to cure Indian babies with insect bites
I’m not an animal doctor!”
29 “Yes, sir,” the servant said
30 “Does he have any money?” the doctor asked “No, they
never have any money Ask him if he has any money.”
31 The servant opened the gate a little and looked at the
people This time he spoke in the Indian language
32 “Do you have any money?” he asked Kino
33 Kino put his hand under his blanket He brought out eight
small, ugly, gray pearls The servant took them and closed the
gate After a while he came back and gave the pearls to Kino
34 “The doctor is out,” he said “He was called to a serious case.”
And he shut the gate quickly because he was embarrassed.
35 The crowd moved slowly away
depressing sad, gloomy
dressing-gown type of robe
pearls round objects formed naturally within oysters and valued as a jewel
Reading Check ✓
1 Recall details How
does Kino feel about the doctor?
2 Compare What
kind of person is the doctor compared with Kino?
3 Infer Why does
the servant speak
in Spanish at first and in the Indian language later?
Make Predictions Where do you think the crowd is going? Why do you think so?
Reading Strategy
Trang 636 The houses of the Pearl fisherman were outside the town, near the beach In front of their houses there were beautiful wooden canoes painted blue and white
37 Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach to Kino’s canoe Juana put Coyotito on a blanket in the canoe He was quiet but his face and arm were hot and red Juana took some
brown seaweed from the water and put it on his arm The
seaweed was an old cure, but it was probably just as good as the doctor’s medicine
38 Kino and Juana pushed the canoe into the water The other fishermen were already looking for pearls Small pearls are not worth much money, but big, beautiful, white pearls are worth a lot
39 Kino jumped into the water He had a heavy stone in his hand, and the stone took him to the bottom of the ocean
His hands worked quickly as he pulled the oysters from the
ocean floor and put them into a basket
40 Kino’s people sang about everything that happened or existed They sang songs to the fish, to the sea, and to the sun and the moon While Kino filled his basket he heard the songs of the sea He knew Juana was praying for a big pearl
to buy medicine for Coyotito
seaweed a plant that grows in the sea oysters sea animals in a rough, flat, grayish shell
Make Predictions
Do you think Kino
will find what he
is looking for? Use
the reading title to
help you make your
prediction
Reading
Strategy
Trang 741 Kino was young and strong, and he could stay underwater
for more than two minutes He worked carefully and chose
the largest oysters To his right he saw a very large oyster
It was half open and he saw something shiny inside, but the
shell shut quickly He picked it up and swam to the canoe
42 Juana held the boat still as Kino climbed in He was very
excited Kino looked thoughtfully at the basket He picked up
a small oyster and opened it There was no pearl inside so he
threw it into the water
43 Then he picked up the large oyster and looked at it for a
long time He was afraid to open it But Juana was watching
him and she could not wait She put her hand on Coyotito’s
head “Open it,” she said softly
44 Kino opened the oyster with his knife And there it was,
the great pearl, as perfect as the moon It was the color of
silver and as big as a seagull’s egg It was the biggest pearl in
the world
45 Juana was amazed Kino heard The Song of the Pearl in
his head “This pearl will make my dreams come true,” he
thought He held it in his hand and turned it over
46 Juana went to Coyotito and lifted the seaweed from his
shoulder “Kino!” she cried
47 Kino looked up and saw that the poison was going away
He shouted with happiness and the men in the other canoes
hurried toward him
seagull white, sea bird
Reading Check ✓
1 Recall details What
does Juana put on Coyotito’s arm?
2 Identify What
does the author compare the pearl to?
3 Infer Why do you
think the poison is leaving Coyotito’s body?
Make Predictions
Do you think the large pearl is valuable?
What evidence did you use to make your
prediction?
Reading Strategy