From: Michael Straight <straight@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Salica's first story
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:30:10 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, maa32 wrote:

> Have we been able to account for the presence of the strego with the talking 
> bird in Inclito's mother's first story?  What does that story reflect in the 
> work as a whole?  Here is my association, if anybody has any ideas I'd love to 
> go over them.

In addition to your interesting connections, the strego is an excuse for
Incanto to explain the difference between believing in ghosts, believing
in witches, and believing in witchcraft.

It also helps us see how uncanny Incanto appears to the citizens of
Blanko.

-Rostrum