The Dancing Dwarf

Illustration for Haruki Murakami’s short story: The Dancing Dwarf.

“He was sitting on a log in the middle of the clearing in the forest, smoking a cigarette. This time he had neither record player nor records. There were signs of weariness in his face that made him look a little more advanced in years than he had when I first saw him.”

…“That’s it,” said the dwarf. “We’ve got our agreement.”