THE QUEER CLOCK

New Zealand Tablet, 11 January 1912, Page 53

THE QUEER CLOCK

.When things go just a certain way, ' As steady as can be, , They're 'regular as a clock,' we say; Now, that's what puzzles/me; " - ; A clock's not regular at all ; -- I know this for a fact— ■ * So don't .depend upon- it when ; You want to be exact. '" Now our clock, why, it's sure as sure, " When..l am having fun, ' " And bedtime hour is drawing near, To break into a run ! - " / And through the night it gallops on, ; Until, to my surprise,- - - :• • : It's morning, and I know that I Have hardly closed my eyes. : Then when I go to see the boys— . I often wonder why The hours go by so very fast, r They seem to fairly fly. But then, sometimes, when I'm in school, It's just the other -way; The old clock goes so slow, so slow, It seems the longest day! And when it's near vacation time, That is the worst of all; It's slower than the slowest snail; It scarcely seems to crawl! A clock's not regular at all, ■■: I know this for a fact \ '-.- ; .•' So don't depend upon it when ■: You want to-be exact, v St. Nicholas.