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She gives the rat the name Melchisedec. Perhaps this is Mrs. Burnett's joke, as Melchisedec was a kingly high priest in the book of Genesis to whom, we are told, the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of all he possessed. Sara shares her crumbs with the rat, which is a large percentage of what she possesses.
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Her status as orphan is of course central to the novel's plot; it is also subtly underscored in her naming of the rat Melchisedec, whose Biblical namesake is famously "without father, without mother, without descent" (Hebrews 7:3).
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- ↑ Barrett, Terry L. (2008). "Aesthetic Landscapes of the Golden Mouse". In Gary W. Barrett and George A. Feldhamer (ed.). The Golden Mouse: Ecology and Conservation . New York: Springer. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-387-33665-7.
A Harper Trophy, revised edition of the 1995 publication of Poppy ... included ... Ragweed, a golden mouse (O. nuttalli) having dialogue with Poppy, a deer mouse (Peromyscus manipulatus)...
- ↑ Tilly, Meg (2007). Porcupine. Tundra Books. ISBN 978-0-88776-810-1 . Retrieved November 21, 2014.