. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . gether and protect ourselves. By the way, said the Continental Imp, do youknow, I believe Ill run up to Tickerleen when you go;its too slow and old-fashioned for me here. I wonderif youd have any objection to my going along ? By this time, they had come out of the house andwere looking about them to determine which waythey would go. The host said he would lock up theinn for the day and join them. The other imps, whomthe kindly landlord had invited to breakfast out ofthe goodness of his heart, scampered off about theirbusiness, and the
. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . gether and protect ourselves. By the way, said the Continental Imp, do youknow, I believe Ill run up to Tickerleen when you go;its too slow and old-fashioned for me here. I wonderif youd have any objection to my going along ? By this time, they had come out of the house andwere looking about them to determine which waythey would go. The host said he would lock up theinn for the day and join them. The other imps, whomthe kindly landlord had invited to breakfast out ofthe goodness of his heart, scampered off about theirbusiness, and the little boy, the host, the ContinentalImp, and Mr. Three Oclock proceeded leisurely alongthe road. All through the beautiful little village of Minutelwere the houses where the old-fashioned hours were queer houses with domes, and from a dis-tance they looked like so manyalarm clocks with the alarmup on top. There was alow, drowsy ticking in theair all the timewhich the littleboy couldnt lo-cate. He heardit clearly enough,yet it seemed 100 bells. *- !*3. KING TIME to be far away - - or rather, it seemed to be all about,like the very breeze. Every now and then the churchbell would chime, which the little boy fancied to be aclock striking the hour, and he pictured to himself thevillage of Minutel as a huge clock with the church bellas a striker to notify each hour when it was time toget out, just as the real striker did on the real clock. The host and the Continental Imp pointed out tothe newly arrived pair the homes of the principal little boy was interested to see the house wherethe hour lived who saw the Pilgrim Fathers land, andalso the hour which had the pleasure of witnessingthe arrival of Columbus on the shores of the westernworld. He also gazed for sometime at the house wherethe host told him the hour resided which had seenGeorge Washington chop down the cherry tree. That hour, said the Continental Imp, is thegreatest bore in Minutel; hes always tellin
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