The secret
- 1. The Secret Of the Clock In the Castle Of Knowledge eTwinning 2016-2017 3rd Grade (C Class) 1st Primary School of Mouriki, Greece
- 2. Hello, children Wind up your brains Its time for us to tinker with Our magic clocks Its time for us to tinker with Minas, Minas the Clockmaker! Its time for all of us to pull some pranks And play some tricks on people!
- 3. Its a dark day! Or rather, its a bright night! The time is half past Minas the Clockmaker is having a long lie-in on top of the minute-hand of his clockhouse at the Castle of Knowledge.
- 4. Ring, ring, buzz, beep the intercom is buzzing. -(Minas) Yes, please? A strange, squealing, high-pitched womans voice is heard on the intercom.
- 5. -(Woman / Lady) Blah, blah, blah come here quickly to fix my clock blah, blah, blah -(Minas) Coming, coming, my lady. Ill be there in half a minute. Please, wait! Dont worry, my lady! (Minas answers) And so Minas, Minas the Clockmaker flew like an arrow; he flew on his flying banana!
- 6. -(Minas) Hmmm I see. This clock is badly damaged!!! (And then he slyly and cunningly looks right and left, left and right and he is up to his usual mischief and tricks! He turns the hands of the clock backwards; he bends and crooks the cogwheels in the clock mechanism.)
- 7. -Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ah! Ah! Oops! Oops! What am I going to do now? If they come into the room and see that Ive damaged the clock, Im in big trouble. Ill lose my job, I wont get paid and Ill become bankrupt What if I throw it out, over the balcony? Shall I do this?
- 8. And He left in a hurry. Was he was stressed and anxious while leaving? Of course he wasnt! Was he sad and worried while leaving? No way!
- 9. He went to the castle of knowledge and lounged on the minute-hand of his clockhouse. He took a nap on it.
- 10. Then, slowly and walking on tip-toe, each and every man or woman whose clocks Minas had tinkered with and damaged, came to the Castle of Knowledge.
- 11. They all climbed on his clockhouse. They turned the hands of the clock backwards and they bent and twisted the cogwheels of Minas clockhouse. And
- 12. And the next day, or Really, was it daytime? Or was it nighttime? Im not sure Minas the Clockmaker deeply confused and troubled started pacing here and there and running up and down. He suddenly stops, looks at his clock and
- 13. -(Minas) Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ah! Ah! Oops! Oops! Whats the time? Am I going to be in time? Oh, bother! I havent got enough time! What am I going to do now? My goodness, Im so busy today and it seems that Im running out of time. Phew! Ive got loads of things to do!!!!!! Im looking for a four-leaf clover, Im looking for a lucky clover! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
- 14. What time is it? I wish a shooting star would fall and land in my hands. Ah! Ah! Ah! Whats the time now? Im running up and down in search of a rubber that erases tears. And Im also looking for a pencil sharpener for pointed pencil tips. Ah! Ah! Ah! Whats the time now?
- 15. Oh, bother! Theres no time left! I cant make it! Im looking for a tickling machine that makes people laugh!
- 16. I must, I must do it in time! Ill fly on my winged banana and Ill start looking for shiny, glossy seaweeds that look like ribbons made of silk. The mermaids usually gather them at dawn and braid their hair with them. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ah! Ah! Ah! What time is it?
- 17. (And so Minas the Clockmaker, has learnt the hard way. He has been taught a useful lesson and has learnt from his mistakes!)
- 18. The story writing team ? Alexis ? Anastasia ? Vasiliki ? Sofia ? Chrysoula ? Rafaela ? Rafaelia ? Rania ? Konstantinos ? Chrysovalantis Collaborator: Goula Maria