Metaphors are clues that lead us to sort out a plot, to discern a character, Bor to guess a conclusion. Investigators use clues to guide them toward more coherence in a problem or to the solution of a puzzle. In murder mysteries, readers who guess which clues solve the crime have the pleasure of identifying with the successful police or the ironic private eye. Clues are half the answer, but not the complete picture; they provide some data, some direction to the destination, but not the arrival. And before the end of the story, clues always have multiple meanings, offering a cafeteria of choices that the reader must discern. Clues make readers participants in the story by enticing them forward; clues make them both work for the meaning of the text and enjoy the thrill of the chase and the pleasurable satisfaction of an ending.