AcoldwelcomeOnWednesdayevening,wewent
Acoldwelcome
OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHallclock.Itwouldstriketwelveintwentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfivetotwelve,theclockstopped.Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaitedandwaited,butnothinghappened.Sud-denlysomeoneshouted,'It'stwominutespasttwelve!Theclockhasstopped!'I
lookedatmywatch.Itwastrue.ThebigclockrefusedtowelcometheNewYear.
Atthatmomenteverybodybegantolaughandsing.求翻译