In the book The Pearl by John
Steinbeck Juana and Kino live a simple existence. They have each other and a loving
baby boy whom they sit gently in a homemade hanging box to catch some sunshine after the
baby's bath. Kino is watching his baby smiling and he spots a scorpion climbing down
the side of the chord towards the baby. Before he can catch the scorpion it stings his
son. Kino then grabs it up and squashes it in
anger.
Kino's wife Juana pulled the baby out of the box and
sucked the wound trying to suck out any poison. They took the child to the doctor but
he had refused to see the child and had his servant tell the two that he was
out.
"She
gathered some seaweed and made a flat damp poltice of it, and this she applied to the
baby's swollen shoulder." (15)
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