From: William Ansley <wansley@warwick.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Little, Big: Parliament of the Birds
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 00:10:06 

>Thirty birds make it to the end of the quest.  They
>look at each other and realize that they, collectively, are the
>Simurgh.  (According to Borges, the word "Simurgh" also means "thirty,"
>IIRC.)
>
>So the Drinkwaters, once they have "crossed over," are indeed fairies.

Or perhaps *a* fairy?

William Ansley


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