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  "thread": {
    "id": 5596,
    "subject": "Rip van Winkle",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2010-05-04T23:05:40+00:00",
    "last": "2010-05-04T23:05:40+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<g2o4bd6f1151005041605hf7f63aa9xfda99ecba62a8d20@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Ash Crill",
        "address": "ashcrill at gmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2010-05-04T23:05:40+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Rip van Winkle",
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          "text": "Its interesting that you mention a possible Japanese connection for Winkle.\nI'm only 50 pages into the book, but the initial description of Winkle makes\nme think of a Raccoon Dog:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki"
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          "text": "As to Bax's familiar, Winker/Winkle suggests a link to the story of the\nUrashima Taro, a\nJapanese Rip van Winkle who went away to fairyland for a few days and\nreturned home only to find years had passed.\n\nStrengthening this\nsupposition is the second half of the fox's name, Inari, which refers to a\nJapanese god of success & prosperity, often depicted as an old man\nriding a white fox."
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