Early in the 19th century an American writer named William Austin penned a story about a man on a horse and buggy lost on the roads of his nation. Yet it's much easier to be lost while abroad, and sometimes the most misplaced souls are those who have been away the longest -- as this "Flactured Fairy Tale" shows.
I was sitting on the Chuo Line when my friend Dutch elbowed me in the ribs.
"Look who's comin'," he said.