A Timemaker and A Timekeeper - Lesson 214
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. There was once a clockmaker. He had a shop in a busy town. Every day a man stopped by the window. He looked ___(1)___ the window and then walked away as ___(2)___ as he could. One day, the clockmaker asked the man, "Why ___(3)___ you come into the shop? Come in. Please! Shall I show my clocks ___(4)___ you?" The man said, " ___(5)___, thank you, I dont want ___(6)___ your clock, I am the timekeeper in town. I have to ring the bells at just twelve oclock. I come here ___(7)___ if my time is ___(8)___ than yours.". "Ah!" said the clockmaker. "You're a ___(9)___ timekeeper. But every day I set my clock when I ___(10)___ your bells."
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