Little Bear took the sandrock from the old man's hand and scraped the shell of another clam, but the clam did not react at all.
The old man took it and held his hand. After changing the direction, he gently scratched it twice. The clamshell slowly opened…
It was not difficult to open the clamshell. Even the children of the fishermen in Hepu knew how to do it because they had been harvesting pearls for generations. They had learned this ability from the moment they learned how to swim.