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1. News/ seems/ to/ move/ faster/ than /small /boys/ can/ scramble/ and/ dart /to/ tell/ it,/ faster
/than /women /can /call/ it /over /the/ fences./
2. Before /Kino/ and/ Juana/ and/ the/ other /fishers/ had/ come/ to /Kino's/ brush/ house/, the
/nerves/ of/ the/ town/ were/ pulsing /and/ vibrating /with/ the/ news/- Kino/ had/ found/ the/
Pearl/ of/ the /World./
3. Before /panting/ little/ boys/ could/ strangle/ out /the words,/ their/ mothers /knew/ it./
4. The/ news /swept/ on /past/ the/ brush/ houses/, and /it/ washed /in /a /foaming/ wave/ into/
the/ town/ of/ stone and/ plaster./
5. It /came/ to /the/ priest/ walking /in/ his /garden/, and/ it /put/ a /thoughtful/ look/ in/ his/
eyes/and /a/ memory/ of /certain/ repairs/ necessary /to/ the/ church./
6. He/ wondered /what/ the/ pearl /would/ be/ worth./
7. And/ he /wondered/ whether/ he/ had/ baptized/ Kino's/ baby/, or /married /him/ for /that/
matter./
8. The/ news /came/ to /the /shopkeepers,/ and /they /looked /at/ men's/ clothes /that /had/ not
/sold /so /well./
9. The /news /came/ to/ the /doctor/ where /he/ sat/ with/ a/ woman /whose /illness /was/ age,
/though/ neither /she /nor/ the /doctor /would/ admit/ it./
10. And /when/ it/ was/ made/ plain /who /Kino /was/, the/ doctor/ grew/ stern/ and /judicious/
at /the/ same /time./
11. "He/ is/ a /client/ of /mine/," the/ doctor /said./
12. "I/ am /treating/ his/ child/ for /a /scorpion /sting/."
13. And/ the /doctor's /eyes /rolled/ up/ a/ little /in/ their /fat /hammocks/ and /he /thought/ of
/Paris./
14. He/remembered/ the/ room/ he/ had /lived/ in /there/ as /a /great/ and/ luxurious /place/,
and /he /remembered/ the/ hard-faced/ woman/ who/ had/ lived/ with /him /as /a /beautiful
/and /kind /girl,/ although /she/ had/been/ none /of /these/ three/.

15. The /doctor/ looked /past /his /aged /patient /and/ saw/ himself/ sitting/ in/ a/ restaurant/
in/Paris/ and /a/ waiter/ was /just/ opening/ a/ bottle/ of/ wine./
16. The/ news/ came /early/ to/ the/ beggars/ in /front /of/ the/ church,/ and/ it/ made/ them/
/giggle/ a/ little/ with /pleasure/, for/ they/ knew/ that/ there /is/ no /almsgiver/ in/ the /world
/like/ a /poor/ man/ who/ is/ suddenly /lucky./
17. Kino /has/ found/ the/ Pearl/ of /the/ World./
18. In /the/ town/, in/ little/ offices/, sat/ the/ men /who /bought/ pearls/ from /the/ fishers./
19. They /waited /in /their/ chairs/ until/ the/ pearls /came/ in,/ and/ then/ they/ cackled/ and
fought/ and /shouted/ and/ threatened /until/ they /reached/ the/ lowest/ price/ the /fisherman
/would /stand./
20. But /there /was/ a /price/ below/ which/ they /dared /not/ go,/ for/ it /had /happened /that/ a
/fisherman/ in /despair /had /given/ his/ pearls/ to/ the/ church./

Morpheme

1. /New/s/ seem/s/ to/ move/ fast/er/ than/ small/ boy/s can/ scram/ble/ and/ dart/ to/
tell /it/, fast/er/ than/ women/ can /call/ it/ over/ the/ fence/s/.
2. /Before/ Kino/ and/ Juana/ and/ the/ other/ fish/er/s/ had/ come/ to/ Kino/'s/ brush/
house/, the/ nerve/s/ of/ the/ town/ were /pulsing/ and /vibrating/ with /the/ news/Kino/ had /found/ the/ Pearl/ of /the/ World./
3. /Before /panting/ little /boy/s /could/ strangle /out /the /word/s, /their /mother/s/
knew/ it/.
4. /The/ new/s /swept/ on/ past/ the/ brush/ house/s/, and/ it/ wash/ed/ in/ a /foam/ing/
wave/ into/ the/ town/ of /stone/ and /plaster/.
5. It/ came/ to/ the/ priest /walk/ing/ in/ his /garden/, and/ it /put/ a /thoughtful/ look/
in/ his/ eyes/ and/ a/ memory /of /certain /repair/s /necessary/ to/ the/ church/.
6. /He/ wonder/ed/ what/ the/ pearl/ would/ be/ worth/.
7. /And/ he/ wonder/ed/ whether/ he/ had/ baptize/d/ Kino/'s/ baby,/ or /married/ him/
for/ that/ matter/.
8. The/ new/s/ came /to /the/ shop/keep/er/s/, and /they/ look/ed/ at/ men/'s/ cloth/es/
that/ had /not /sold /so/ well/.
9. The/ new/s/ came /to/ the/ doctor /where/ he/ sat/ with/ a /woman /whose/
ill/ness /was/ age,/ though /neither/ she /nor/ the /doctor/ would/ admit/ it./
10. And /when /it/ was /made /plain /who /Kino /was, /the/ doctor/ grew /stern /and
/judicious /at /the/ same/ time./
11. "He/ is/ a/ client /of/ mine/," the/ doctor /said./

12. /"I /am /treat/ing/ his/ child /for/ a /scorpion/ sting/."

13. /And/ the/ doctor/'s/ eyes/ roll/ed/ up/ a /little/ in /their/ fat/ hammock/s/ and /he/
thought/ of /Paris./
14. He/ remember/ed /the/ room /he /had/ live/d /in/ there /as/ a /great/ and /luxurious/
place/, and /he/ remember/ed/ the /hard-face/d /woman /who/ had/ live/d /with/ him
/as /a/ beautiful/ and/ kind/ girl/, although/ she/ had /been/ none/ of/ these/ three./
15. The /doctor/ look/ed /past /his /age/d /patient /and /saw /himself /sit/t/ing/ in/ a/
restaurant/ in /Paris/ and /a /wait/er was/ just/ open/ing/ a /bottle/ of/ wine./
16. The /new/s/ came/ early/ to /the /beggar/s/ in/ front/ of /the/ church,/ and/ it/ made/
them /giggle /a /little/ with /pleasure,/ for/ they /knew /that /there /is /no /alm/s
give/r /in /the/ world/ like/ a /poor/ man/ who /is /sudden/ly/ luck/y./
17. Kino/ has/ found /the /Pearl/ of /the /World./
18. In /the/ town,/ in /little/ office/s,/ sat /the /men/ who /bought/ pearl/s /from /the
/fish/er/s/.
19. They/ wait/ed /in/ their/ chair/s/ until/ the /pearl/s /came /in,/ and /then /they
/cackle/d/ and /fought/ and /shout/ed/ and/ threat/en/ed/ until/ they /reach/ed/ the/
low/est/ price /the /fish/er/man/ would /stand/.
20. But/ there/ was/ a /price /below/ which /they/ dared/ not/ go/, for/ it /had
/happened/ that/ a /fisherman/ in /despair/ had /given /his /pearls/ to /the /church/.