Many readers who have read David Mamet's new children's book, Henrietta, believe that his story of a hefty pig bluntly rejected from the Harvard Law School is an allusion to elitism and discrimination within the University.

In the first significant interview he has given about his book, however, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright told The Crimson Friday that the political message behind Henrietta was on an entirely different subject altogether.

"Don't marry out of your faith," Mamet wrote in a fax.

The other five responses Mamet gave to questions about his cute story were short and offbeat, just like his dialogue in such renowned works as "American Buffalo" (1976) and "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1984).

His responses were also tongue-in-cheek.

Mamet said he had a lofty goal in writing his 31-page book, which features touching illustrations of Boston, Cambridge and the Harvard campus by Wellesley Hills resident Elizabeth Dahlie.

"World peace" was the goal, Mamet wrote.

Mamet, who said at a kickoff event for his book at The Charles Hotel Dec. 1 that he knew "nothing about politics" and that he does not regularly read newspapers, declined an interview for a Dec. 23 Boston Globe story which examined the political implications of his book.