Metaphorical meanings emerge through deductive inference via lexical narrowing and broadening (Wilson & Carston, 2006, 2007, 2008). Yoshimura (2014) argued that a similar process underlies interpretation of similarities on other levels as well. This paper extends Yoshimura's argument to scenario metaphors in Haruki Murakami's short story "The Second Bakery Attack" (2001), showing how parallel metaphorical fear scenarios lead readers to recognize a certain degree of the emotion fear.