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  "thread": {
    "id": 3997,
    "subject": "Single-handed shark fishing",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2003-05-11T15:25:28+00:00",
    "last": "2003-05-11T15:25:28+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0305-3404@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Nigel Price",
        "address": "nigel.aprice at virgin.net"
      },
      "date": "2003-05-11T15:25:28+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Single-handed shark fishing",
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          "text": "Returning for a moment to the interpretive thread which sees the\ndemon-possessed Baden himself as the shark which attacks his family in \"The\nTree Is My Hat\"...and while fully possessed by the shark, Baden is so\nclosely identified with Hanga that it is perhaps pointless to try and\ndistinguish between the two...it's interesting to note that it is of course\nhis right hand which he loses. After the attack, he has to write his journal\nentries left-handed.\n\nI mention this, because it would fit well with the idea that he comes to\nhimself in the middle of the murderous struggle and cuts his own hand off.\nI'm thinking about Matthew 5.30 here: \"And if your right hand causes you to\nsin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of\nyour body than for your whole body to go into hell.\"\n\nIf this is a correct interpretation of what happened, then maybe the story's\nending is not as clear cut as I previously thought...Even so, I have to say\nthat I find it hard to find much hope for poor old Baden, either physically\nor spiritually. The plane is down to one engine, the storm is approaching,\nand the shark is waiting below...\n\nNigel"
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