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PULL UP A CHAIR ~ IT'S STORY TIME

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The sculpture in the Clock Shop Over 50 years ago, I made up a little story for my young son who was sick with a fever and would only rest while I was rocking him and telling his stories.  We had a coocoo clock hanging on the wall and from time to time the little bird would come out and make its call. The clock shop in the Mall I will briefly give you the "readers digest" version of my story of Grandpa Small.   "A little old man lived alone in a small village.  Because of his stature the village children called him "Grandpa Small".   He had a clock on the wall that looked like a little house that kept him company with it's "Tick Tock".  One evening while he was sitting in his rocking chair, the clock started making crazy noises, the hands were spinning around and it almost fell off the wall.   The next day the Grandpa Small took the clock to the local clock maker and was told to come back the next day. On returning to the c...