"Or even more simply, we could say that Meena and Mariama are not vehicles for exploring the story; they are the story. It's the quest (the journeys, the Trail, the parents, the lovers, the obstacles) that is the vehicle for exploring Meena and Mariama."

I will then give specific advice to editors who wish to use the AT/ATU system, and other tools developed by folklorists, in submission calls.

By tomorrow I'll be rewritten, /a better me will be here,