The Pearl Alternative Ending

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Kino has just woken up besides his wife Juana inside of a dark and dusty cave in the forest. As he looked at his wife, he remembered the events that happened these past weeks. He remembered how much he had hurt Juana and what his family had gone through because of the pearl. Suddenly, a painful shock has just stroke his heart, his son Coyotito was shot and killed without him knowing by the trackers. A sudden depressing frown was on Kino’s face, he closed his eyes and heard the song the Whole, he imagined in his head all the precious memories he had with his son Coyotito and how happy his family was before he found the pearl. Tears came running down his cheeks, Juana tried to comfort him by telling it was not his fault his son died but Kino knew that if he had not gotten too greedy about the pearl nothing would had happened. He was relieved that he threw the pearl into the blue water until it completely dropped towards the bottom. But now that the pearl is apart from his life, he knows the consequences he has to take. Kino laid thinking about this until he saw the first golden rays of light from the sun that morning. Kino and Juana decided to go back to their hometown La Paz. They decided that Kino would tell them everything that happened including the death of his son and the murderer of the tracker. They headed off to Juan Tomás’ house, when they got there, his brother Juan Tomás gave him a happy greeting with a warming hug and told them to come inside. “I’m glad you and Juana are okay but where is Coyotito?” he said. Kino’s and Juana’s faces turned sad and depressing, it seemed like they didn’t want to talk about it. “He’s dead, he was shot.” Kino said in a low tone. Everyone in the house suddenly went silent and no sound was heard, their faces didn’t move a single movement just like statues. Juan Tomás asked him what exactly happened and Kino told
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