A Tiny Golden Tick

A tiny sound... just around the dark corner of the wooden shelves? Tock... tock... tock... like a tiny heartbeat in the room! I tiptoed closer, keeping real low to the floor, my fingers lightly brushing the polished wood. Down on the bottom shelf, leaned against a big stack of thick blue books, was a small round clock made of shiny gold metal! It had two slender black needles creeping around a ring of numbers. I held my breath, resting both hands on the cool glass front... and felt the softest little pulse bump right against my palms! Are you listening too?