The subtitle
is "A Tale For Children," and the story is much more in the vein of older fairy tales
than modern stories that are sanitized and simplified. By presenting a possibly theological and
ethical problem, and not claiming any specific moral or unassailable truth, the author
challenges the reader to stretch their own thinking and mind in considering the meaning of the
"angel" and its place in the story. For children, this ambiguity is a good method of
developing critical thinking, as the child is forced to decide what the story means instead of
being told what to think.
[The priest] came out of the
chicken coop and in a brief sermon warned the curious against the risks of being ingenuous. He
reminded them that the devil had the bad habit of making use of carnival tricks in order to
confuse the unwary. He argued that if wings were not the essential element in determining the
different between a hawk...
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