A Decisive Click

I strode indoors from the patio and hopped straight up onto the wooden side table beside the living room sofa. A heavy wooden nutcracker in the shape of a soldier stood tall right next to a brass bowl of walnuts. Its flat wooden lever extended right out behind its shoulders! I took two brisk paces forward and grasped the handle with both gloved hands. With one energetic downward heave, I threw my whole weight into the press. Clack-crunch! The painted jaw snapped shut, cleanly cracking an empty walnut shell resting in its teeth. I leaned comfortably back against the soldier's varnished wooden boot, resting my heels. The evening is firmly secured!