The Pearl
John Steinbeck
Chapter 1
Kino awakened in the near dark。 The stars still shone and the day had
drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east。 The
1加到100的简便方法roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were
already beginning their cealess turning of twigs and bits of wood to
e whether anything to eat had been overlooked。 Outside the brush
hou in the tuna clump， a covey of little birds chittered and flurried
with their wings。
Kino's eyes opened, and he looked first at the lightening square which
was the door and then he looked at the hanging box where Coyotito
slept. And last he turned his head to Juana, his wife, who lay beside
him on the mat， her blue head shawl over her no and over her breasts
and around the small of her back. Juana's eyes were open too。 Kino
could never remember eing them clod when he awakened. Her dark eyes
made little reflected stars. She was looking at him as she was always
looking at him when he awakened。
Kino heard the little splash of morning waves on the beach. It was very
good— Kino clod his eyes again to listen to his music. Perhaps he
alone did this and perhaps all of his people did it。 His people had
once been great makers of songs so that everything they saw or thought
or did or heard became a song。 That was very long ago。 The songs
remained； Kino knew them, but no new songs were added。 That does not
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now， clear and soft， and if he had been able to speak of it， he would
have called it the Song of the Family.
His blanket was over his no to protect him from the dank air. His 《氓》
eyes flicked to a rustle beside him. It was Juana arising, almost
soundlessly. On her hard bare feet she went to the hanging box where
Coyotito slept, and she leaned over and said a little reassuring word。
Coyotito looked up for a moment and clod his eyes and slept again。
Juana went to the fire pit and uncovered a coal and fanned it alive
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while she broke little piesh over it.
Now Kino got up and wrapped his blanket about his head and no and
shoulders。 He slipped his feet into his sandals and went outside to
watch the dawn。
补肝肾的食物Outside the door he squatted down and gathered the blanket ends about
his knees。 He saw the specks of Gulf clouds flame high in the air。 And
a goat came near and sniffed at him and stared with its cold yellow
eyes. Behind him Juana's fire leaped into flame and threw spears of 难过
light through the chinks of the brush—hou wall and threw a wavering
square of light out the door。 A late moth blustered in to find the
fire。 The Song of the Family came now from behind Kino. And the rhythm
of the family song was the grinding stone where Juana worked the corn
for the morning cakes。
The dawn came quickly now, a wash， a glow， a lightness, and then an
海苔和紫菜的区别explosion of fire as the sun aro out of the Gulf。 Kino looked down to
cover his eyes from the glare。 He could hear the pat of the corncakes
in the hou and the rich smell of them on the cooking plate。 The ants
were busy on the ground， big black ones with shiny bodies， and little
dusty quick ants. Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty
ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for
him。 A thin, timid dog came clo and， at a soft word from Kino, curled
up, arranged its tail neatly over its feet, and laid its chin
delicately on the pile. It was a black dog with yellow—gold spots where
its eyebrows should have been。 It was a morning like other mornings and
yet perfect among mornings.
Kino heard the creak of the rope when Juana took Coyotito out of his
hanging box and cleaned him and hammocked him in her shawl in a loop
that placed him clo to her breast. Kino could e the things
without looking at them. Juana sang softly an ancient song that had
only three notes and yet endless variety of interval. And this was part
of the family song too. It was all part。 Sometimes it ro to an aching 全国最低工资标准
chord that caught the throat， saying this is safety， this is warmth,
this is the Whole.
Across the brush fence were other brush hous， and the smoke came from
