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To: PatiBob who wrote (8)	11/28/1999 4:59:00 PM
From: Teddy	of 9

hi PatiBob, yeah RE: You're right mistlethrush is a small European bird. Anything else we can help you with? :-) Ugh, yeah, i guess i still have my original question about what the song is about. Maybe we need more comments on the last part: And we are the berries on the holly tree. Oh, the mistlethrush is coming. Jack, put out the light. For this part of the song, who do we think “we are the berries on the holly tree” refers to? Why does it matter that “the mistlethrush is coming”? Who is saying that, and what do they mean “Jack, put out the light”? I think it could be the late blooming plant life (ex: holly tree and Mistletoe) asking the Jack-in the-Green to protect them. What i think that would mean is that “Jack, put out the light” is to make the sun shine less hours in the day. That would make the “evil” berry eating birds fly south where it is warmer and they could find more berries to eat. Whilst they be gone, we could be dropping seeds that would grow next spring (when Jack “turns on the light”) and life starts over again. There is a lot to learn about this, but i agree with the original theory that “civilization” will never kill the life that has thrived for millions of years. Still thinking, Teddy

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