How to Ruin Steelmaking

This is a sad story. Once upon a time, there was a piece of iron that thought it would be made into something useful. It worked hard to train itself, hoping to serve a great purpose someday. At last, one day, a swordsmith chose it, and it was overjoyed, swearing that it would grow into something great. But later, when it was ready to become a fine sword, the swordsmith said the piece of iron was ruined... ruined... ruined... ruined.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.