LJ: ...

After the dreadful lines were drawn, the children would dream of the pearls and how beautiful they were. Year after year they would dive to the bottom of the lagoon hoping that the oysters would come back. They risked everything-their homes, families and meager possessions-to search for the pearls. To make sure they were heavy enough to reach the bottom, the children tied stones to their backs. Many of them died, streams of blood and broken bodies rose to the surface of the lagoon...and the lagoon cried.