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Summary
At one o'clock in the morning, the church clock striking the
hours woke the vicar up as it struck thirteen times. The vicar went
into the clock tower, taking a torch with him. He saw Bill
Wilkins, the local grocer there and Bill explained he was trying
to repair the clock but hadn't succeeded because at one o'clock
it struck thirteen times. However, the vicar was pleased the bell
was working and offered the grocer a cap of tea. (79 words)

Key to Composition
A sticky business
We were used to hearing our church bell striking the hours in
our small village. For as long as anyone could remember, the bell
had struck the hours day and night. However, one night the church
bell remained silent and the next morning we saw that the clock
had stopped at exactly one a.m. Our clock was clearly damaged, but
no one could explain how this had happened.
Armed with a torch, our vicar climbed into the church tower
to see what was going on. He heard a loud buzz as he went towards
the clock and in the torchlight he found it had been invaded by
bees. He was lucky they didn't sting him! He shone his torch into
the great bell and saw that it was full of wax and honey. No wonder
it wasn't working!
A bee keeper was called in to deal with the situation. He
immediately removed the queen bee to one of his bee hives and the
other bees followed. The clock was cleaned and was soon working
again. We not only enjoyed hearing it strike the hours day and
night, but we enjoyed eating the honey as well.
(195 words)


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