What does coyotito symbolize?

again I am not sure if he died. There seems to be a tight nuclear ( not in the atomic bomb sense) family here, and it is stated the child became ill after having been stung by a scorpion. I do not recall if he died or not, I think it was like a character walking offscreen, they left it open, maybe not the best metaphor. Not tomb chests! At any rate , Kino ( which means Movies in German and is nowhere stated in the tale, goes emotionally charged- and, tosses the Pearl into the Ocean, thus essentially ending the story!