Haruki Murakami is an author that has been on my list to try for a long time. This is another short story in which I can’t remember where I heard about it. Therefore, please let me know if you reviewed it.
The Second Bakery Attack opens with a newly married couple wakeing up in the middle of the night totally famished. They scour their kitchen for food and only find 6 cans of beer and some old onions. They have the beer but are still starving.
The husband suggests that they go out to an all night restaurant but the wife said, “We can’t. You’re not supposed to go out to eat after midnight.” The husband just takes her word for it. He then tells her about the time that him and a friend attacked a bakery with a friend, “ten years ago.”
He said, “All we wanted was bread, not money. We were attackers, not robbers.”
The two friends weren’t successful in taking the bread. he said, “The baker gave us the bread before we could take it from him.”
The wife decided that that is why they were so hungry. He was cursed back then for not actually taking the bread and now the curse is on her as well. She said that they must attack another bakery right away. They get in the car and look for an all night bakery.
I won’t tell you any more because I don’t want to spoil it for you. This is a really fun story. It a very unique plot and is very humorous. I highly recommend it. You can read it here. 
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