Grandfather Clock By Gary Soto

Our story begins in a small antique store on the corner of the road, in a town called Tayport. This antique store has seen many furniture come and go; Some with a great history, furniture that belong to great people, and furniture that were traded in for money, but the most interesting furniture in the store was probably the grandfather clock. No one couldn’t tell where he came from or who made him, nor could even the store owner identify where he was from. He was a tall but an old grandfather clock, he can look over everyone in the antique store, but the other furniture would be making fun of him because he was different from everyone else. Talking about how no one would ever want a clock that big in their house and how awful he looks. Grandfather clock knew he was awful looking; pieces of wood would be chip off from people handling him, gathering dust inside his case and his bell would be stuck in place and wouldn’t be moving anymore, his color fading off, and missing a couple numbers and an arm from his face.
When someone would walk into the store, Grandfather clock would have a small smile on his face in hope someone would …show more content…
Grandfather clock; with no longer a smile on his face glance at the young lad walking around, when the young lad come to where grandfather clock was at, he turn and look up at the clock, he stranded there for quite a while now, getting the other furniture’s curiosity to turn around and start looking at grandfather clock. “You don’t look so bad, just a little scratches here and there and missing a couple parts off your face…” The young lad keeps mumbling to himself about the clock appearance. Grandfather clock was able to hear the boy words but didn’t show any expression of any