The Runaway Machine's Lesson

Professor Bumble's invention just jumped out the window and started rolling through Bumbleshire

like it had somewhere to be. Theo and I chased this glowing machine through cobblestone

streets while Mayor Snorewell shouted orders at everyone. We cornered it in the old library

where dust covered ancient books about mixing science and magic. The professor admitted

he'd been experimenting with forces he didn't understand. The machine stopped in the center of

the room, glowing brighter, and displayed one word on its screen: sonder.

It meant the realization that every person lives a life as vivid and complex as your own.

We stood there silent, watching this creation understand something profound about existence. Then it flashed