The Old House (7)

The Old House (7)

The pendulum of the garandfather clock swung back and forth, and the hands moved slowly around, telling everything in the room that time was passing and that they were getting older; but that did not disturb the furniture.



" My parents say that you are terribly lonely, " said the little boy.

" Oh, the old man smiled, " that is not altogether true. Old thought, old freams, old memories come and visit me and now you are here. I am not unhappy. "

Then from a shelf he took down a book that was filled with wonderful pictures.

There were processions in which there were golden carriages, knights, and kings who looked like the ones in a deck of cards ; and then came the citizens carrying the banner of their trades : the tailor's emblem was a pair scissors held by  a lion; the shemakers had an eagle with two heads above their bannerーfor　as you know, shoemakers do everything in pairs.
What a picture book that was.

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