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After his brother had left, Daisuke sat without moving for some time. When Kadono came to clear the tea service, Daisuke suddenly stood and said, “Kadono-san, I’m going out to look for a job.” Then he immediately put on his cap and flew out into the heat of the day without even taking a parasol.
Daisuke hurried in the heat, almost breaking into a run. The sun shone straight down upon his head. The dry dust covered his bare feet like powdered fire. He felt as if he were being scorched.
As he walked, he repeated to himself, “I’m burning, I’m burning.”
When he came to Iidabashi he got on a streetcar. The streetcar began to move straight ahead. Inside the car, Daisuke said, “Oh, it’s moving, the world’s moving,” loudly enough to be heard by those around him. His head began to spin at the same speed as the car. The more it spun, the more flushed he became from the heat. If he could ride like this for half a day, he thought he could be burnt to ashes.
Suddenly, a red mailbox caught his eye. The red color immediately leaped into Daisuke’s head and began to spin around and around. An umbrella shop sign had four red umbrellas hanging one on top of the other. The color of these umbrellas also leaped into Daisuke’s head and whirled around. At an intersection someone was selling bright red balloons. As the streetcar sharply turned the corner, the balloons followed and leaped in to Daisuke’s head. A red car carrying parcel post passed close by the streetcar in the opposite direction, and its color was also sucked in to Daisuke’s head. The tobacco shop curtain was red. A banner announcing a sale was also red. The telephone pole was red. One after another, there were signs painted in red. Finally, the whole world turned red. And with Daisuke’s head at the center, it began to spin round and round, breathing tongues of fire. Daisuke decided to go on riding until his head was completely burnt away.
And Then, Natsume Sōseki.