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Natsume Sōseki, Jay Rubin (trans), Haruki Murakami (introduction). The Miner. Aardvark Bureau, 2015 (坑夫 [Kōfu], 1908). He's insistent it shouldn't turn into a story, and so it doesn't, but it makes a great anecdote.

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Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.