Ram's Horns Blowing in the Wind
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 25 May 2001
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Martin Light — 25 May 2001, 15:33

> On another tack, has anyone else wondered exactly what Wolfe intended with
> the last six words of the story: "a mountain ram winded its horns."? Even if
> Wolfe hadn't been raised in Texas, much less been a former Aggie, he has to
> know that no animal blows a horn, much less its own.

Perhaps Wolfe was referring to a Dodge Ram pickup truck's horn sounding? (to pick me up as I beat a hasty retreat for even suggesting this)

/Marty

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