THE SAUCERS GAME This story has two fortune-telling games in it. The game with the saucers is another game that tells of romance, death, travel and child-bearing. The symbol of the saucer of clay that Maria picked was symbolic of death and not included in the politer forms of the game. Hence the angry aunts and reference to the garden. So the grown-ups hastily arranged a second try for Maria and, to everyone's relief, this time she got the prayerbook. --------------------------------------------------- Mailto question #4: Why do you think Joyce put two fortune-telling games in this story? ANSWER 4 TO GLORIA