How the Clock Came Into the Story
Once a little round-faced clock lived on the desk of a man who wrote stories. The clock had a chance to hear most of the stories. For when the man finished a story he usually called a beautiful lady into the room and read it to her. The beautiful lady laughed at the fun in the story and the little clock’s face shone. But perhaps that is what a clean little clock’s face always does.
One day the man read from the story, “The prince and the princess were married just as the clock struck”—“One!” rang the little clock. Its heart almost stopped beating; it had not meant to interrupt the story.
The beautiful lady cried, “Why, the clock knows the story.” But she laughed as she said it.
What do you think about it?