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I know I've read a 20th century American version about a historian of a small town but I've also been unable to locate
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Mine was in some 1st or 2nd grade reader I had in school in the 80s. Weird. Seems vaguely Zhuangzi-flavored to me.
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in the short story I can't remember if she (he?) compresses into haiku or postcard or what the final compression is but I think similar
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