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 of these characters, which are being used to create a magic flute, inspires a man to kill the murderous Johnnie Walker. In that novel, 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, name these recurring pets in the novels of Haruki Murakami. ■END■
ANSWER: cats [or felines; accept kittens or kitty or kitties; prompt on pets or animals] (The first three sentences are from, respectively, A Wild Sheep Chase, 1Q84, and Kafka on the Shore.)
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