A little old man sat hunched over on the side of a busy street
fumbling with some sort of clock, muttering various words that sounded a
lot like gibberish. He was seated on a cement bench, wearing very worn out
clothing. Someone walked by him and tossed him a coin. He looked at it
still muttering something and bit into it. He made an approved sort of
groan and opened his clock sort of contraption attaching it and fumbling
with some elastics. After which, he began laughing in glee and coughing a
lot as well. He coughed some more. and more. and more. Sadly no one was
paying any attention to him. They were talking on cell phones or checking
their watches and were paying no attention to anyone but themselves.
A young girl, merely fourteen was walking very quickly trying to avoid bumping into anyone.
She glanced at her watch while running, "Okay only five more minutes to get into the building, get into the escalator and proceed to my piano lesson."
When she glanced up from her watch she saw the bench with the old man, and being so close she had no time to stop from running and smashed her knee right into the side of the bench.
Sadly at the moment of the impact, as she was caught off guard all of her possessions, namely her piano bag which was opened and all of her piano music and a pencil were tossed onto the ground.
A few people casually turned their heads to see what was happening but as nothing really important had occurred they glanced back to their previous engagements and took no more notice.
The old man was also quite caught up in himself. He was coughing more severally now and knocked the clock onto the ground.
The young girl glanced up and caught the most shocking vision of her life. The man was laughing, and as he laughed he materialized into tiny bits. and evaporated? He had disappeared, he was gone! She looked around to see if any else had noticed. No, only she had witnessed this spectacular event. Not quite sure of what to do, the girl picked up her belongings and then saw the clocklike device. It was the oddest clock she had ever seen. Gold trimmed and still ticking! As she picked it up, it suddenly began to screech! Everyone was looking at her angrily and covering their ears.
"Sorry! It's the clock, I'll try to fix it." She sat on the bench and bent down. The people who had been covering their ears were now walking on ignoring the awful sound. No one seemed to notice her again. So she picked up the clock and began to turn the hands backward, hopefully the alarm would turn off.
Her surroundings began to change. They were at first a blur, like she had spun around in circles and then things began to focus.
"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." She murmured in amazement looking around at her surroundings.
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A young girl, merely fourteen was walking very quickly trying to avoid bumping into anyone.
She glanced at her watch while running, "Okay only five more minutes to get into the building, get into the escalator and proceed to my piano lesson."
When she glanced up from her watch she saw the bench with the old man, and being so close she had no time to stop from running and smashed her knee right into the side of the bench.
Sadly at the moment of the impact, as she was caught off guard all of her possessions, namely her piano bag which was opened and all of her piano music and a pencil were tossed onto the ground.
A few people casually turned their heads to see what was happening but as nothing really important had occurred they glanced back to their previous engagements and took no more notice.
The old man was also quite caught up in himself. He was coughing more severally now and knocked the clock onto the ground.
The young girl glanced up and caught the most shocking vision of her life. The man was laughing, and as he laughed he materialized into tiny bits. and evaporated? He had disappeared, he was gone! She looked around to see if any else had noticed. No, only she had witnessed this spectacular event. Not quite sure of what to do, the girl picked up her belongings and then saw the clocklike device. It was the oddest clock she had ever seen. Gold trimmed and still ticking! As she picked it up, it suddenly began to screech! Everyone was looking at her angrily and covering their ears.
"Sorry! It's the clock, I'll try to fix it." She sat on the bench and bent down. The people who had been covering their ears were now walking on ignoring the awful sound. No one seemed to notice her again. So she picked up the clock and began to turn the hands backward, hopefully the alarm would turn off.
Her surroundings began to change. They were at first a blur, like she had spun around in circles and then things began to focus.
"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." She murmured in amazement looking around at her surroundings.
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