Former aircraft design engineer, current QA. Hobbyist artist.
“He cultivated sobriety as his only vice. A break with conventional, accepted behavior.“(c)
5. Kadokura grew exceedingly weary from his adventures, could scarcely stand on his feet. He sailed therefore for America, where now he appears in a Hollywood production, doing battle with naked monkeys, casting an ambitious eye upon the coveted Oscar.
4. Our intrepid friends in pursue of the gold of Ainu, but alas got besieged by the foes. Kirawus the tramp lights a fuse, sinks a destroyer, and complains most piteously: “I was but trying to fish! Whence in heaven’s name this accursed ship appear?”
3.1. A convict-poisoner has kidnapped old Hijikata, thrust him into a coffin, and buried him in the cold ground. Yet Kadokura, ever quick of wit, with his privates exposed confronted the miscreant.
2. And behold dashing young fellows fleeing the gaol astride the back of a hog, the horseshoes clattering and kicking up dust. The warden pursues them, crying aloud: “Flee to Russia if you must, but return the state hog at once!”
1. Behold, here we find Hijikata, attired in a splendid new jacket, bold as brass, stealing husbands from their wives. A wife raises complaint, and calls Kadokura nothing but a useless tanuki.