I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white trays. It did feel good to see them happy.

Haruki Murakami
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The story of the screws and their happiness is a tale of a happy ending. The story begins with a description of the eggbeater, a piece of machinery that was meant to be a time saving device for a farmer. However, the farmer ended up hating the machine because it made his work more difficult. The farmer’s hatred for this machine extended to his daughter, who was also tasked with operating the machine.

In response to this hatred, the daughter decided to sabotage the machine. She secretly removed all of the screws from the eggbeater and replaced them with other screws that were much larger in size. Once she had replaced all of the screws, she turned on her father’s eggbeater and watched as it promptly fell apart.

Source: Hardboiled Wonderland And The End Of The World

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