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Speaker 1: Amy was bored, not a little bored, not the kind

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of board where you could just fix it with a

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snack or a video game, or even five minutes of

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jumping on the sofa. She was deeply, dramatically bored. Zach

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was bored too, But Zach was loud with his boredom.

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Oh there's nothing to do, he groaned, sliding down Grandpa's

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armchair to the floor. Nothing ever happens here. Both of

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them had to go and stay at Grandpa's house, and

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neither were happy about it. Grandpa's house was old and

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warm and full of ticking sounds. There were books on

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the shelves, blankets over the chairs, jars of buttons on

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the windowsill, and a smell of toast dust and peppermint sweets.

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Amy pressed her face against the rainy window. Oh I

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wish we were somewhere exciting, she said, same. Zach muttered,

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somewhere with dragons or robots or explosions. Grandpa looked up

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from his newspaper, his eyebrows lifted careful.

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Speaker 2: He said, Wishing your time away is a dangerous habit.

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Speaker 1: Amy sighed, Grandpa, time is going so slowly. Zach pointed

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at the tall grandfather clock in the corner. Can't you

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make it go faster? The clock was huge and dark brown,

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with a golden face and long hands. Its pendulum swung

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behind a glass door, back and forth, back and forth,

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like it was keeping secrets. Grandpa folded his newspaper.

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Speaker 2: That clock, he said, doesn't just tell time.

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