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Coyotito Is Killed from "The Pearl". The watcher's rifle shot, fired at the cave, kills Coyotito. Kino realizes this only after he has killed the trackers.

during the attack, at the same moment

Coyotito Is Killed

The watcher's rifle shot, fired at the cave, kills Coyotito. Kino realizes this only after he has killed the trackers. The baby's death is the ultimate tragedy, the direct result of Kino's refusal to give up the pearl. The Song of the Family becomes a cry of death. This event shatters Kino and Juana, and marks the complete destruction of their family.