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Brazil Nisei Hanging Onto Coffee Crop
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: By RICHARD FOSTER

ASSAI, - Brazil.; ^/.Qn r^Julio
Koguishi’s 1000-acre. coffee 'plan­
/
tation . here a. weather-beaten wopderi barn witha rusty .metal hinare. easier, to - solve-than -.Cana-'/.ge/|u>l^-8000, bags, of . imhusked

Leyesquo&TheQuebecois
It
Dear
What do-1'think; about’ the .se. paratist movement/ f^
^-myvantage point- irit Montreal.?' That
is-, a difficult question. but* ril try
^to answer...!*!! .call’/the/shots , as
•I see'it.
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da’s.-Thevery geography wpr^ jeoffee. b®^* . .,
Each- bag weighs^ cak
60.5 .kilogra­
against/Canada, resulting in hi
gh^ administrative- and—transpor ms -^—>133.1'pounds each or 1 064,
tation cbstsf--The heavy..-concent-; 800 :ppunds. in, all —: and at cur



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rent-prices the-beans/ grown in
1975/ are worth about $1.92 milliori 6n~the’ world market.
•If he sold his coffee; Koguishi
would .receive $830,400 * after tax­
es,* insurance,. freight and hand­
ling'4 but'not including labor -and
other' costs' that run him $71,500
a year.
- Koguishi is not ‘ selling.
“I’ll wait until the price goes

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up. said, the 43-y ear, bld -son; of
Japanese immigrants.
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' Unlike other -farmers in
this . ,
area stricken by’ Brazil’s -worst frost 18 months ago,
Koguishi continues to grow coffee. Other
farmers fearing- another - frost,
have planted wheat * and soybeahs. The valleys here in Parana
(Cent, nt? P. 2)

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one region tends • to. work, against
the • best. interests of. other regiAccording/tp .Gallup polls, only;
'ons? To manage , a disparate- and
J18% of Quebecers favored sepa-.
scattered population, Canada..is
'. ration after the . Nov.. .15 ■ victory
becoming top-heavy with burea­
* of Parti Quebecois, the separatistucracy, and overgovernment. : party; The - figure _ dropped
to
’ ' Quebec as a : separate state
11% two ’ weeks - later." Then you
may-^even mariage.fo opt,out- of
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Vol. 41 must; wonder, why.-Rene, Levesque
the' heavy burden-of. national, de­
. - talks • so confidently- of separation,
fence.'
,
as the„wave.pf-the-future.'
'
Will Quebec . as a
separate
- I think. Levesque• .has * , good state succeed in preserving its
reasons. First,.' Quebecois • axe culture^ and its identity.-The an­
notoriously, conservative to whom
swer: will probably lie in. , the
uncertainty .is ’ .anathema;
• arid price:that Quebecois are willing
what is separation if not uncerta­
| to pay. for it. Of course there
inty ?. Yet there is a- ground^The
could be., counterbalancing fringe , 'OAKLAND.'— A woman who jury rendered its decision, that bomb xparts and weapons.
well of, disenchantment
among ^^.^ uke increased
tourist said- she was the last: juror- to she- changed her
vote ' after jurors remained deadlocked of
- them "and no doubt. Levesque is ■ /
;
vote, to convict;Wendy Yoshimu- other, jurors //called me stupid bomb parts with -intent to cause
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• aoliars
confident that he can . convince
there xa said - she reluctantly changed and I wanted to get it over with.” injury.

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.Even’ with- separation
them after; several' years of., good
The charges grew out of her
Miss Yoshimura, underground
are;.some accommodations
that Tjiervote to guilty because “you
-sound'/^gbverniherit^thattT, separaHearst 1972 rental of a garage police ra­
Quebecois must make to a^giop-1 easn’t-.hold off an army by your- companion of Patricia
tion can be .-made =:to--work,-’. aridwhen both were - arrested, Iwas, ided and called a bomb factory.
Kone- fact. I
cannot ' see ;.the seif
Quebecois can become - “maitre French language being accepted
/Lucille Mitchell, 61, told'repor-: convicted of three counts of ille­ Miss Yoshimura, who turned 34
chez nous.” Second,. the separa­ as the ' “working language” - in
25-ye.explosives, recently, could draw a
ters ' recently. that . _ after ' the gal possession' of
te st movement is' strongest .am­
ar prison sentence.
the - executive,. suites of . foreign
ong the intellectuals arid
the
Mrs. Mitchell, her voice jbreak’corporations, 'based . -in/Montreal.;
students, .who-are future leaders.'
ing; said, “I didri’t have no otherThe fact * remains' that ^ Quebec,
Imagine yourself 'as. af young is surrounded by ''a sea of-200
choice. I never, did hold my head
well-educated.. Quebecois. No ma­ million anglophones. Bilingualism, <HAMILTON. — Scholar, fore- West Germany.'
up when I went into the, court­
tter how. qualified, your know­ is-required - to deal withthem, ign^i’orrespondentand-.;;-educator ^-~ ■ Prior to emigratingto Canada room.’!
ledge of English is likely to be
She said she’ could have held
and it will become
difficult to — those are just a few of the in 1951, Dr. Morris was a fore..somewhat inferior to that of your
prevent the erosion of French.' accomplishments of,Dr.-Inga Mo- i ign correspondent and’ -feature out if another juror had been wi­
anglophone peers.-Your future Jin
And more' compeletely the -peo­ fris of Brar.dtord, who Jhas• been' I writer with Reuters News Agen- lling to join her at the end.
’ the business, .world is not good in
“If someone held out with me
ple of Quebec become bilingual, appointed as executive director cy stationed at their Copenhagen
; .this province.with, a 80% franco­
of the Hamilton
Multicultural bureau. She was in charge of the I could, but when everyone went
faster- the' erosion^
.........
phone majority, where 80% of the
s
/ ' - ' bureau and-responsible for news against me, well. . . you can’t,
<: • Some argue that Quebec’s as­ Centre.
good jobs are held by.,-20%; who
hold off an army by yourself. I
Born in Denmark in January, gathering, for all Denmark.
pirations can be fulfilled . within
are anglophones.
- In Canada, she served as an got - tired. I couldn’t hold out no
the' framework of . federalism. 1924, Dr. Morris has . an impre­
I saw a- French TV program , ^^ separatist position seems to ssive academic background. She assistant professor at the Univ­ more. I hated it. I couldn’t look
list night about an unemployed -^ ^ — Hag ^ ^ ^^ graduated from the . University, ersity . of (Saskatchewan
from at the girl.”
worker
The retired hospital
19<65 until 1971 when she \ was
French Canadian,.-well-educated,,
and in any .case .-federalism
is of British Columbia with ; an hc^but who loses his affluent .home
npurs BA. in 1964 and received appointed as assistant professor from . Oakland said finally, “I’ll
outdated.
where just have to live with it now.’
- surroundings, and who must .majIf the constitution is. /revised her • master of .'arts degree^ from at, McMaster University
Juror Jim Kenny said, “It was
ke adjustments to harsh, reali-. to provide for Quebec’s aspira­ that university the following ye­ she served until taking up her
’ ties because his employment• dp- tions; ' would it not -result in some ar. In 1970, she : attained her doc­ new position atthe Multicultural a rough six days.” The jury, he
became a said; had- a “hell of a time” pro­
/ portunities are limited. A , quieJL
tor of philosophy degree
from Centre. Dr. Morris
' Cent, on P. 2--- . ,
ducing a verdict.
.resentment against anglophones
the* University, of Munster _ in Canadian^citizen in 1962.

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Juror In Wendy Yoshimura Case Says
She Whs Pressed Into Changing Vote

Harri. Multicultural Centre. Director

.'came across.
.
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- Separatists ; talk - a lot
about

■' age , and.::their, culture,

Hamilton Anti-Racism Action Line Opened: 529-2131

-but. I
J think the underlaying problem k-7'haMILTON.’__ On’January .17, the. Anti-Racism Action-Line cies and private individuals interested in the project are invited to
was officaally opened1 to the people of-Hamilton. .The telephone join in the common goal to eradicate racial prejudice. A®, Lincoln
: is economic. -/. - . ’
lines are available to people'who'feel that they have .been, discrimi- . Alexander pointed out, racism is^a problem “. . . that does warrant
The-TAOryear-thrust of. Canadiriated’ against._____________________________________________ |‘the attention of all the citizens of<Hamilton and including other

-I media 5^ order to give a responsible view, in .terms of the media
: an history ’ parries ^ J0^0^™0''.

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'Tn
attendance-was
Lincoln
Alexander,
1LP.,
wrobers
.of
.the,
Ha1 mentum. But change alsp _ is the
as= to what is happening.”
■ miltori Anta-Racism-w Committee >? (HARC), .' three staff-: .members, ;
To make this, project;a success, private .agencies as well - as
: stuff of ' history, \ and change is.. i and the press. As Lincoln , Alexander stated . to one reporter -// . .. I
government offices at all levels - of government - are expected to.par­
: not necessarily bad. Thexsepara- the■way' tosettle racial,issues -iri the p^t, was by .us^
; - ticipate. At present the Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police have
;■ tist problem. must be evaluated Today people have been made ,aware that there are concerned orga-. become involved appointing - one of their men as a Community Renizations they cango to for help.”.
;
source Officer who will be working very closely with the Action
The Anti-Racism Action,Line is sponsored by HAiRG through Line, staff,
Is Quebec viable as an .indepeni dent state My answer is yes, a Local iriitiatives Program' grant.- Three staff members wril ope
... At the moment HARC is in the process of planning an open
. dent sta
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, <. - rate the 24 hour Action^ Lane; to assist people who have been dis
housed and seminar session sometime in March. . On this
occasion
: given reasonably go
. ..
’ e^riiiriated agani^, to document the /number of incidents, - arid - to - ^e public and community leaders will be<in attendance. .Committee
Quebec. is. much ^richer, in land x ^^^^7. ^ type :of - incidences taking/ place. For clients- who members hope to sensitize ..the community to the problem of racial
L and resources than, for examp
example, .^ not want to be interviewed by telephone, a personalized inter- -prejudice and’to find new solutions.
~
The Anti-Racism Action .Line'is operated- out of the Hamilton
Japan. If Japan , can. make it view can be arranged. Clients who -have ;difficulty .filing a^compla- .
int because bf. language can be provided with interpreters.
J Multicultural .Centre,, 35 Catharine South, Hamilton, Ontario. The
why’not Quebec? •Since racism concerns all responsible citizens in Hamilton, agen- -. Action Line telephone number is 529-2131.
•In some -way s, Quebec problems

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Waikiki's First Japanese
SnowmanCosts$9,000

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E8tablishedin/1939 ~: ?
J:JAJritemliei^pf^Etlm

^ggjing ^s^^M^i^y^^^^?’
zil’s<coff^/industry, but ^
little ?coffee "now. ---/// X<£^£17 ‘//f-' and^a? social^ security '.contributiJ -A«id /Canada' Federation ds ? for ; rural?/farm' -workers^ of
C/“Coffee-,/wiil:/fcpme/^
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~' HONOLULU/-— ’ It cost 'about old ' man’s 7 name; / he -.w^ideter:‘ soi^fd^/£Ko<uishFsai&^
^.J(» ^
, :
?PublisK^on^feyer^Tu^ays
$90.0.0 -.and/lasted' only a/few/ho; mined to _ grant the'' wish'.' Katane
taketime;but:it;will/cdmeback. Z?That leaves \ Koguishi /with
t#^/ '•« and/l^iday^
ufs.-but Waikiki had its snow- wrote, to' Ggv.; George^R. /Ariyo­
other
less? -J abar^-and
$103.80
I^s'tii^* only-S^y; w
^
man.
- shi late'Tn .December/ / advising
, ’479 - Queen? Street? West,'
costs "— for each of the bags he
can /ma kb / any 2m dney'
him
that-the.
snow>was
coming
<
'Toronto. Ont. M5V. 2A9 ' Tokyo restaurateur ^Osamu Sa-"
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’/ /The Braziliangoyefnmentsays has- stored Jim hi s ./b^^ -J/
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to and/three friends- -built their an-d asking. M
’He -baid fheJthinks ^hey will so-;
it' lias ./ nd idea. how .many • farm­
showman bn New YeaMs.day^—" old man.’? :- ' ,
ers are. • holding; back' coffee cas. onbeworthmore than^the 80
Katane

s
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letter^..was

duly
"
-pub;
with temperatures in the low/ 80s
Koguishi—is’/ doing. / But whehe- cents] br- so- a pound he now gets
.
lished

but
the
'
old
'
man
was
/not
—— from 1500 pounds of, snow ta­
ver the tax goes'up on coffee ex- after-taxes ahd/handlingcosts. ~ /
among
the
crowd/that
kibitzed
ken from Mt. Fuji in Japan an'd“There’s
a'"world 1 shortage,” ^T^'M^H^p?^
;ports "5 as/jit^ihas. * in-? Brazil/j more
carried Jin dozens of ..styrofoam as’ the showman .was .built/jwiuclf and more - farmers; Hold back sup- he/added. .“Demand is
greater SEWINGemachihe/ope^
expe­
coolers on an overnight . plane proved to be'no .easy, task? t. ■;-.- pliesXidJj awadF/high^r^.^
than' supply-and nothihg -is /going rienced ‘ ori -Teather;- coats. Steady
./It took -an /hour to /move? the. ^^rding^oMr^
flight to--Hawaii.^.' .
] : " M/to"- stop that' price "from going employment ;^
1 wages.
snow; 50 f ec t f rom ’ a - sidewalk* to?
“The snowman" delighted so
/ Exoerts -in’ idiidorif a coffee^ up.”
,'

~ cbntact'^Pacific^'Sportwear, ?~ 366
the beach. Another- hour later the
many people/’ said-Fumio Kata­
Koguishi:*sells his coffee thro­ Adelaide -St. W.:
trading xcenter, ksay' there J is’ a
sculpture/lobked like" a^big slab''
ne, who served--as Sato’s inter­
shortage;?' of top-qualityf .coffees ugh a producer’s. cooperative he-,
— a frosty tower of Babel.
preter and aide-de-camp.- - “So
PERSONAL
.
; .
'such as/those^grown in " Brazil re which, markets- the beans thro­
Working-with table -knives I and
many old, men who came from
■but- normal suppkesy-cf jlow-qua-- ugh the'offices of several large' EAST Tndian2 Gentleman ./5,9, 36
fists, ‘Sato . and his friendshack‘Japan, they wefeh happy to
see, ed?out/a\crude head, .complete .W?^?8;;
multinational firms in Londri- varied interests “lived in Japan
These experts .attribute
the na, the commercial center 40 mi- 5/6 years/^Speaiks - (fluent) reads
it.”
'
\
with syes.and nose; But -with, the:
upsurge?in ' coffee /prices up to ^es /west -of here-and .300/miles and writes/Jia^a^
The project was'equally-enter­
sun x hot and -high, and _ the snow/
$3?*a‘‘ppOT3;in.^_llija^^Sta|es,‘- west
- - ‘ ’। t^utiful,-^,,
West *of'
of' iSao
Sao Paulo. r <
beautiful,- , culturally/.'
culturaly. 7'-’oriented
taining1 for local people, ' -who
melting, ,‘tliey ; gaye€^up7< before
t</W- Brazilion'"frost ;that..ldll-;;'^Unlike
-Unlike other "plantations -ow- •^£^£,1^.ilivei^fie’d/‘ flbent -in
xn * English'
seldom if ever see snow, and for
adding arms. ‘ "
- "-. ; /M/
ed 70-per/cbnt pf'tKe^
live is Londrina and le-- ^^^g minded, Japanese origin
tourists who presumably -- s-pent
Th e sproj ect/'. Katane ,~>reps a.tgd,
two^ billibn coffob/tre^. ^rf/^jj/ave'opeTations to managers, Ko-, companion. ' Please .^correspond
their hard-earned money/to - see.
cost about $9000.; '-/
Q./r>j
'Koguishi e^™’^S'?is ^ve^
on his land, - sque- ^ 124 Port ^Credit, Ont. E5G
the white stuff. .
"
' , “.
Was it worth .it?.
' Kids nibbled happily on stolen . He didn’t ' answer, but • he-' and ge annual "’gross Income over the - ezing? every .cent’ out of coffeej^g
pastT0j>years fromxcoffee,sales .beans, because ’he wants to buy
handfuls cf stow.
■ _
his < ohor-ts linked >arms in front
to. be "$115,560 vnth - a set - of more land. ’
.
Sato "brought the snow for one of the snowman,-smiled-broadly
• ’“This'area, is going to continue"
$44,ooo;h ; 7 , * ?
-' ; special old man - he had, met-on 5 and Katarie yelled;. “Hey> every'■>WHat? about / the - $1.92< million. to - be important in ./Brazil and it'
the same beach last April. The
body take-,a picture.’’
/
will continue to produce coffee/’
worth of coffee in /the barn ?^ .
old man, who had come to. Ha­
blinder' Brazil’s system,^ cof- be said. “I am..going to use thewaii from Japan decades
ago,
l
fre export- taxes; increased more money that’s left over to buy
confessed a wish to see the snows
than SOOrper/cent, sincethe fro­ land”

< Jof ^Fuji once more.
VHe
pointed-to
ah
aerial
photo-'
st-in Julyj 1975, . _ Koguishi- is
Although Sato never asked .the
SHOP
prevented -from realizing.
the graphs bf /bis/ .farm. /Beyond .-/the.
'ull/yalue; of -the coffee/s . skyroc­ farm-h boundaries it-showed se­
keting world price.-„For - - every veral .thousands /acres of- land
Toronto.
HAMILTON SANGHA & DANA PRESENTS,
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bag' he now exports .for $240^he planted -in soybeans and . corn,
must' pay “the. government $100. stretching out toward a rangesof
Before the /frost this export tax hills; "
“Td like to see coffee .planted.
was only $30.; ~
;
AT CRESTWOOD RESTAURANT (Empire; State Room)
J In addition: to. the .exports tax'!, there • someday. ' Koguishi. said.
Barton & Strathearne St., Hamilton
/
'?'
thereiisamerdiandisetaxaino
That’s my ambition.”
SATURDAY, FEB. 26th ~ 8:30'to 12:30.
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form’of' special” status for Qu- hone' Canadians, and media dis_ '
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- . ~ eh»ec"which would be/ unfair - if. tortions.
There may be dissidcnce in the
nota discriminatory ■ to/ th e "; other
P.Q. elite, judging from 'the mis­
provinces?'- ’
' :”/
f
handling of the immigrant child­
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Nor .is. bilingualism an answer
ren school question. There was an
b ecause bilingual ism wi thin Q u- increase in minimum wage fallow
bec must. have a greater " emph­
wed by admonition of: belt/ tigh­
asis on ' French,; and should the
other, provinces beJ saddled . with tening; and living within - means
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French with / everything ? Espe- a; pundit. ■ Cartoonist Aislin recen­
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cially- if . they .feel they can live- tly depicted; a long-javed former
president Fora /making -a->pron4
without it-/ 2 '
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The membership, card is. how- -.available* from 1.Toronto ?
cancement —- he’ has demonsfeatBuddhist Church, executives, members of the “Japanese/T.V.
/ .1. think / the ’ -odds/ are * against' Jed/that any /“klutz” 'can become
* Show. committee” or ministers. .
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separation.2But;mu©h will depend a > president.2 If - Aislin. can? get.
You can" also send' your order "to
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and his team.
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THE ASIAN ANIMAL ZODIFor .-instance, of. the year ra- j
.A, by - Ruth^Q. ..Sun, sketches by
bbit?(or hare), after? discussing
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। various superstitions about _ the
i rabbit held in different parts of
Undazzled by the. electric ligh- -J Asia, she concludes that traditi­
ting-that obscures the stars from on indicates that those, born in
moderns, the ancients, living clo- the year of the rabbit should try
se to nature, looked- up.? at the he­ to? marry someone born/in the
avens and learned a ' great? deal year of the ram, the boar or the
-about what they ’ saw --there.
'dog?-/
should,
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apparent annual ■??A rabbit-year person
marriage
path of the sun; known' as/the regard with disfavor
ecliptic, they made it-the central to a /person born in the year, of
line- of an imaginary; .heavenly the dragon. A rabbit-year person
' belt: of. 18 degrees in width, ca- should- shun marriage with anyo­
j lied? the zodiac. They dinded the ne? born in the-years of the rat
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j zodiac into 12 "parts of 30 ,de- or cpck. .
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foilow,
three? legends ab- ]
gfees- each..
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this out the- rabbit-— oneeach from
• The formidable title of
... work indicates it is a ponderous China,. Tibet- and Japan. . “The
dissertation; on- - celestial- -pheno- < White Hare of Inaba , . from Ja .
menu. The contents belie’
this pan’.s‘^Kojiki”? (712 AD.) , shows
firsts impression : the; text .is'li- the compassion of- the Okuninushi no Mikoto.
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ght.and down-to-earth.
Finding a hare
stripped of,
Disposing ■ of technicalities ab­
out the zodiac in her introduction, his fur, the 80 brothers of the
the author- shows that the Chine­ god tell the an *m al to find reliefse named each of the 12 divisi­ by bathing in sea- water and ex­
ons of the zodiac^ after -anim­ posing himself to the wind.- Find­
agony -from
als — six domesticated, ' five ing the animal in
wild one mythical. The text con- acting on this7 malicious advice,
eeritrates on these animals: rat, Okuninushi nd Mikoto heals him
ox (cow), tiger, rabbit, dragon, and earns his gratitude and help.
“A Monkey Returns a Kindnsnake, horse, ram, monkey, roost­
es” also shows an animal inspirer, dog, .pig - (wild boar).
every Asian ed - by gratitude. Taken from JaShe .writes
knows _ under, which animal- he pan’s “Konjaku' Monogatari”. cowas* .born, "and 'he -usually gives mpiled in the late Heian period
his ; age . by . naming the animal (866--1185), the legend concerns
a monkey trapped in a sea shell
year-' .of his birth/: •” ’' '
■ The : 12-year - cycle of ? . animal and menaced by the rising tide.
sighsi.mesh into another cycle of A fisherman's wife frees the ani60 :years. All important decisions mal; he responds by saving her
taken' by the Asian “(especially' baby from rapacious eagles.
’the "decision, as-to’whom
and-, ’ Altogether^.the book carries 37
when to marry) are affected; by legends, including/-some
from
the individual’s special" animal, Vietnam and. Korea, all of which
with its symbolism, and thejjvho- the • author -recounts with charm
I
le astrological sphere into-, which and* grace

it is tied. ._
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She "introduces ^each animal, di-vision/by- -relating.^something ofthe part' that animal. has played
in Asian life.-She. sums up by
indicating' whom / a; -.person / born

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