Children’s Narration - Clockwork: All Wound Up
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EnglishVoice Age
Child (5-12)Accents
British (General) WelshTranscript
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the door opened, and fat white flakes of snow swirled in to faint away into water as they met the heat of the parlor. The incomers, her ring gelman, the clockmaker and his apprentice carl stamp their boots and shook the snow off their great coats. It's her ring gelman, said the burgomaster. Well, old friend, come and drink some beer with me and a mug for young. What's his name? Your apprentice, carl? The apprentice nodded his thanks, and when to sit by himself in a corner. His expression was dark and gloomy. What's the matter with young thingamajig? Said the burger master. He looks as if he swallowed a thundercloud. Oh, I shouldn't worry, said the old clockmaker, sitting down at the table with his friends. He's anxious about tomorrow. His apprenticeship is coming to an end, you see. Hard. Of course, said the burger master. It was the custom that when a clock maker's apprentice finished his period of service he made a new figure for the great clock of Glock in time, so I would have a new piece of clockwork in the tower. Well, I look forward to seeing it tomorrow.