Yesterday, Aoi was working on the new translation of Netsume
Soseki’s I am a Cat we are working on. The door to the outside was open
and a gentle breeze blew through the house. She happened to look up and there
as a calico cat standing in the doorway, looking right at her. Their eyes met
and there occurred a certain communication, as if the cat were speaking to her:
“Oh, you are thinking of Soseki?...Have you ever read I am a Cat?...Hei!
What are you looking at? Oh, me?...Yes, I am a cat…Bye bye.” This all seemed
very strange to Aoi. No strange cat has ever come up to the door before — only
our cats. The incident brought this to mind:
cat peers through the
door
eyebrow cocked, tail
swishing —
Soseki sent me.
Is it possible?
