Re: JCO: Boys at a Picnic (spoilers)

Hi, Laurie: That imaginary horse turns up much later in a story entitled "We
Were Worried About You," (In the collection FAITHLESS). The story is about
how owning a car changes a family -- making them more remote from and callous
to their neighbors -- from the late 1940s thru 1960s. The protagonist rides in
the backseat of his parents' car imagining a horse galloping alongside them.
Cyrano

In a message dated 8/23/2004 12:47:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
laurie@betteredit.net writes:

<< It's about boys on a rampage. The two boys want to
please the ringleader, to the extent that one of them
pretends to see an imaginary horse. At the end, it's
not clear whether Rafe actually "sees" the horse or is
just daydreaming. >>


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