This document is a story about Minas the Clockmaker who plays tricks by damaging clocks. He damages a lady's clock but then worries about getting in trouble. All the people whose clocks he damaged then go to his clockhouse at the Castle of Knowledge and damage his clock in return. The next day, Minas is confused about the time and worries that he won't get everything done on time. He has learned his lesson about damaging other people's clocks. The story was written by a team of students from the 1st Primary School of Mouriki in Greece.
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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