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 "Be sure,"said Grandfather Clock to his scholars, "that you tell the right time. Everyone in the house looks to you for the time to get up, the time to eat, the time to work, the time to play, and the time to sleep. Is there any little clock here who cannot tell time? All you have to do is to move your hands around your face. When it is time to strike the hour, be sure your large hand is at twelve, and your small hand at the hour. It is very easy."

"Is it, indeed!" said the smallest clock; "how about it when people forget to wind us up?"

"Yes, yes," cried the other two little clocks, "how about that?"

"Silence," cried Grandfather Clock, sternly; "that is a saucy way for little clocks to talk."

At this moment the servant began to wheel Grandfather Clock back into the hall.

"School is out," he said.

So that was the end of it.

HOW MOTHER TABBY PLAYED WITH HER KITTENS

Once three small black kittens begged their mother to play with them. Mother Tabby said nothing, but gave her tail a sly wag to one side. The kittens started back and looked at it. Mother Tabby whisked it over to the other side.