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There once was a man who hated his own footprints.  

In order to get away from the footprints the man ran faster and faster.  

But the faster he ran the more footprints he made.  

And finally, he ran himself to death.

                                        -Zhaungzi, 300 BC  (adapted by Chung & Bruya, 1992)

                                        (cited in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice)

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