MDMD snip sheep

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 24 10:28:34 CDT 2001


John Bailey wrote:
> 
> And what's with the lonely sheep cowering by the wall? Is the sheep the
> 'Snip' which demands Mason chase it? And if so, why does he?

The Snip is Els.  She's my favorite minor character thus far. Fun little
girl. 
The sheep is another subtle and "slick" biblical allusion--Jesus. And we
will be hearing from Wesley again. Dixon goes to hear one of his famous
sermons--riots.



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