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One of these characters, who is the only named character in his novel, has his name changed in a dream in which the protagonist talks to The Chauffeur. In a story within a novel, a train-hopping young man hides from these characters in a bell tower while in a town filled with them. In another novel, a freezer full of the heads (10[1])of these characters, which are being used to create a magic flute, inspires a man to kill the murderous Johnnie Walker. In that novel, (10[1])an illiterate man uses his ability to talk to these characters for his job of finding them. While searching for one of these characters at his wife’s behest, the protagonist discovers a dried-up well in “The Thieving Magpie,” the opening section of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. For 10 points, (10[1])name these recurring pets in the novels of Haruki Murakami. ■END■

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