Grandfather's Clock
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by Kathy Fasiq
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In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a massive grandfather clock.
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table was always spread with food from wonderful family recipes all containing
7 a' ` e9 c) [* q英语互助论坛love as the main ingredient. And always that grandfather clock stood like a
: }7 C+ U7 M3 h8 y, A1 E1 Zwww.en580.comtrusted old family friend, watching over the laughter and story swapping and
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As a child, the old clock fascinated me. I watched and listened to it during meals.
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I marveled at how at different times of the day, that clock would chime three
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throughout the house. I found the clock comforting. Familiar. Year after year, the
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clock chimed, a part of my memories, a part of my heart.
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that clock with a special key each day. That key was magic to me. It kept our
5 S( T+ M, a" `# z* Q" }英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语Flashfamily's magnificent clock ticking and chiming, a part of every holiday and every
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, [: U4 d6 S( R u英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语Flashmy grand-father took the key from his pocket and opened the hidden door in the
, Y9 |* ?/ K1 o4 G. E3 }' O英语互助论坛massive old clock. He inserted the key and wound-not too much, never overwind,
# h1 H/ H& J( k0 }" Y( P6 Jhe'd tell me solemnly. Nor too little. He never let that clock wind down and stop.
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grandfather clock and let us each take a turn winding the key. I remember the
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first time I did, I trembled with anticipation. To be part of this family ritual was
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sacred.
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"Mama! The clock! We've let it wind down."
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% Y E" o) q, D3 h2 R; I8 KThe tears flowed freely when I entered the dining room. The clock stood forlornly
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smaller. Not quite as magnificent without my grandfather's special touch. I
2 l- w; c4 Q$ d" h+ |英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语Flashcouldn't bear to look at it.
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: d( K; E9 s% p, q X& W: i- WSometime later, years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The
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ticking or chiming of the clock-all was still. The hands on the clock were frozen, a
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reminder of time slipping away, stopped at the precise moment when my
7 }7 i6 m- o* B: G, X3 Y英语互助论坛grandfather had ceased winding it. I took the key in my shaking hand and opened
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the clock door. All of a sudden, I was a child again, watching my grandfather with
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his silver-white hair and twinkling blue eyes. He was there, winking at me, at the
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movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather lived again.
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