>But the laughing man, because of who he is, what he does, and what he looks >like, is an infiltrator. The child in the story says he identifies with the >Laughing Man; therefore, in some way, he must see himself as an infiltrator. >Now it's up to us to figure out how... Perhaps the kid in the story is an infiltrator because he is, even duplicitously, privy to a very intimate, adult relationship--the Chief's affair--while perhaps he appears to the Chief as simply laughing at the world, along for the ride, unaware of what is going on in the world around him. Brendan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com