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In a story from this collection, a character in an “unpleasant situation” tries to divert some observers’ attention to a flowerpot using a large sign with a pointing hand on it. The narrator of that story in this collection struggles to come up with a response to the accusation “I SAW YOU,” which he keeps seeing on signs in different places. In a story in this collection, the narrator vies with Captain Fenimore for the love of Ursula as they all fall in parallel. Mrs. Vhd Vhd (“vid vid”) refuses to grab a bamboo pole out of devotion to the narrator’s deaf cousin in a story from this collection. Characters gather “milk” from the title celestial body of that story in this collection, “The Distance of the Moon.” For 10 points, name this collection of stories narrated by Qfwfq (“KOO-fook”), by Italo Calvino. ■END■

ANSWER: Cosmicomics [or Le cosmicomiche]
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