The cricket in Chekhov and Russian folklore

[Jane E. Knox-Voina]

Hello, Can anyone tell me the significance of the cricket (which
appears multiple times in Chekhov's short story "Spat khochetsya"
(Sleepy)? Does it have some connection with the image of a
cricket in Russian folklore?
Jane
(Jane Knox-Voina
Russian Department
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine 04011
207-725-3355)

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