Talks to children (1920) (14587355948)

Identifier: talkstochildren00pack (find matches)
Title: Talks to children
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Packard, Alice, Mrs
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Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin company
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implethat you could put them together, and some with somany little parts so finely fitted that very few watch-makers could put them together again if they were oncetaken apart. The one that I loved best was a tall grandfather clock,and for striking it had a chime of bells. Above itsface was a half-circle marked off with numbers fromone to thirty, as the clock-face was. Two circles showedeach half of the world turning, and above two circles,for the moon, painted with jolly faces, turned, so thatby looking at the figures above one could tell the date.The face of the moon showed whether it was full, half,or which quarter at that date. The very first clocks had no pendulum and could runonly when standing straight up and dowTi. Of course,these could not be carried in any ones pocket. Brotherused to tease to see the wheels go round in Daddyswatch. One day he almost did a dreadful thing. Heknew better than to touch Daddys watch unless hewas told especially that he might, but one day he found
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Copijriijhthij Underiiood %■ Umlerwood, N.Y, A FAMOUS CLOCK (Houses of Parliament, London) CLOCKS it on the bureau and he opened it to see the wheels goround just once. Then he thought that if he could onlyjust get it out of the case, he could find out better whatmade the little tick. He looked hard to see how to dothis, and was just starting when a little voice in thewatch ticked out, Do right, do right. This made himstop a minute, and that minute saved Daddys watchfrom being ruined, and Brother from a very sad time.For I found him just then. I did nt scold him. He wasvery much ashamed to be found with the watch, for heknew he ought not to take it from the bureau; and I 11not tell you all we said about that; but he never touchedthe watch again, for he was not a bad boy and he did ntwant to make Daddy and me unhappy. Some time after that he found an old clock which wasno longer of any use to tell the time. This we let himhave to take apart and use as he wished. How pleasedhe was! Ca