fenman_1950
The Clock Adjusters
“Bertie, the man is looking quite befuddled this morning.”
“I hadn’t noticed Sky, but I think you may be right.”
“Do you think it is anything we have done?”
“No, it can’t be after all we haven’t done anything yet today, much...”
“What do you think Posh?”
“Well, it is hard to say for sure but I think it might be something to do with the clocks.”
“What are clocks, Posh?”
“They are things that measure hooman time. Please don’t ask how they work for I have no idea, but I have noticed that he seems to be going around to change the direction of the pointy things they have on all the clocks he has this morning.”
“Maybe, it is because they are all wrong.” Suggested Bertie.
“No, they can’t all be wrong surely, Bertie. No, he is being quite precise in what he is doing for a change. I wonder if this is happening all over the hooman world, what do you think Posh?”
“It is possible, hoomans are silly enough to do something like that. For us bears time really doesn’t matter but for some hoomans they tend to live by their clock or watch. They allow time to rule their lives, very sad.”
“That would be awful Posh, imagine having to get up at a particular moment and go somewhere. One might even be in the middle of a jar of honey and have to leave it because the clock says so.” Said Bertie.
“Not on your life, Bertie. The clock could say what it wants, but I wouldn’t be going anywhere until I had finished the honey.” Said Sky firmly.
“Posh, I think it would be nice if we helped the man with the clocks.”
“We could do Bertie, but we don’t really know how to or even what needs to be done.”
“That is no reason not to help Posh. He is our friend and he does allow us to get all our honey and stuff so it would be nice if we helped.”
“I agree Posh, even if we messed up, I do feel he would appreciate the fact that we did try. I mean, he would try and help us if we wanted him to.” Said Sky.
“Look, he has gone out so now is our chance to collect all the clocks and adjust them so it will be a lovely surprise for him when he returns.” Said Bertie looking at his two friends.
“There are a few I doubt we’ll be able to reach.” Said Posh.
“Oh, come on, Posh, we’ll find a way. We can knock them off the wall and try and catch them as they fall. It’ll be such a lovely surprise for him when he comes back.”
The bears sat looking at the clock, watches and screwdrivers feeling really pleased with their efforts.
“I think they look so much nicer now those pointy things are in different directions and not all the same as he had them. Now, the question is do we leave them like this for him to see and have one huge surprise or put them all back and let him have lots of different surprises?” Asked Bertie.
“I vote we put them back, it will be fun to see how long it takes him to notice what we have done for him.” Said Sky.
“What about the small ones that are still in pieces?” Said Posh.
“I found if you jump up and down on them enough, they click back and are fine.” Said Sky. “If not, he has that bangy thing somewhere, we can use that.”
“Come on, hurry up we need to get these back in place before he returns if we are to surprise him.” Urged Posh Bear.
The Clock Adjusters
“Bertie, the man is looking quite befuddled this morning.”
“I hadn’t noticed Sky, but I think you may be right.”
“Do you think it is anything we have done?”
“No, it can’t be after all we haven’t done anything yet today, much...”
“What do you think Posh?”
“Well, it is hard to say for sure but I think it might be something to do with the clocks.”
“What are clocks, Posh?”
“They are things that measure hooman time. Please don’t ask how they work for I have no idea, but I have noticed that he seems to be going around to change the direction of the pointy things they have on all the clocks he has this morning.”
“Maybe, it is because they are all wrong.” Suggested Bertie.
“No, they can’t all be wrong surely, Bertie. No, he is being quite precise in what he is doing for a change. I wonder if this is happening all over the hooman world, what do you think Posh?”
“It is possible, hoomans are silly enough to do something like that. For us bears time really doesn’t matter but for some hoomans they tend to live by their clock or watch. They allow time to rule their lives, very sad.”
“That would be awful Posh, imagine having to get up at a particular moment and go somewhere. One might even be in the middle of a jar of honey and have to leave it because the clock says so.” Said Bertie.
“Not on your life, Bertie. The clock could say what it wants, but I wouldn’t be going anywhere until I had finished the honey.” Said Sky firmly.
“Posh, I think it would be nice if we helped the man with the clocks.”
“We could do Bertie, but we don’t really know how to or even what needs to be done.”
“That is no reason not to help Posh. He is our friend and he does allow us to get all our honey and stuff so it would be nice if we helped.”
“I agree Posh, even if we messed up, I do feel he would appreciate the fact that we did try. I mean, he would try and help us if we wanted him to.” Said Sky.
“Look, he has gone out so now is our chance to collect all the clocks and adjust them so it will be a lovely surprise for him when he returns.” Said Bertie looking at his two friends.
“There are a few I doubt we’ll be able to reach.” Said Posh.
“Oh, come on, Posh, we’ll find a way. We can knock them off the wall and try and catch them as they fall. It’ll be such a lovely surprise for him when he comes back.”
The bears sat looking at the clock, watches and screwdrivers feeling really pleased with their efforts.
“I think they look so much nicer now those pointy things are in different directions and not all the same as he had them. Now, the question is do we leave them like this for him to see and have one huge surprise or put them all back and let him have lots of different surprises?” Asked Bertie.
“I vote we put them back, it will be fun to see how long it takes him to notice what we have done for him.” Said Sky.
“What about the small ones that are still in pieces?” Said Posh.
“I found if you jump up and down on them enough, they click back and are fine.” Said Sky. “If not, he has that bangy thing somewhere, we can use that.”
“Come on, hurry up we need to get these back in place before he returns if we are to surprise him.” Urged Posh Bear.