Cuckoo clock

The students covered their ears.

What you're hearing is the world's second largest cuckoo clock, Miss Sergeant said.

It's three stories tall, you'll notice.

Clock schmocks, yelled Rip.

Where are we? asked Salamander.

Nikki, use your sea and the dark powers, said Rip.

We're inside the world's second largest cuckoo clock, she whispered, and we're not alone.

Chapter 13 Hickory Dickory Bop Oxander's eyes slowly adjusted to the pale green light inside the clock.

Dirty street sweatshops and scrapyards and bars all perfectly reproduced.

Little sharp things that will prick What's in the cuckoo clock? Don't leave the thing unlocked.

What's in the cuckoo clock? Don't leave the thing unlocked.

Unlocked, it's for keeps, and the beasties are free to go.

They leap to the deck.

You small things, it's gone.

Don't leave the thing unlocked.

What's in the cuckoo clock? Don't leave the thing unlocked.

"'Morning, mister,' said the latter.

"'I've come to see if you can grub-steak the whole crowd of us for dinner to-day.' Placer did not then raise his eyes, but with a certain churlishness, as if it annoyed him that his hotel was patronized, he asked, how many oh about thirty replied the cowboy and we want the best dinner you can raise and scrape everything the best we don't care what it costs so long as we get a good square meal we'll pay a dollar a head by god we will we won't kick on nothing in the bill if you do it up fine if you ain't got it in the house rustle the whole town for it that's our gate "'So you just tear loose and we'll—' At this moment the machinery of a cuckoo clock on the wall began to whir.

Little doors flew open, and a wooden bird appeared and cried, "'Cuckoo!' And this was repeated until eleven o'clock had been announced, while the cowboy, stupefied, glass-eyed, stood with his red throat gulping.

At the end he wheeled upon Placer and demanded, "'What in hell is that?' Placer revealed by his manner that he had been asked this question too many times.

"'It's a clock,' he answered shortly.

"'I know it's a clock.' gasped the cowboy.

But what kind of clock? A cuckoo clock, can't you see? The cowboy, recovering his self-possession by a violent effort, suddenly went shouting into the street.

Boys, say boys, come here a minute.

It's called Cuckoo.

I suppose it's Cuckoo Clock, another clock, little tie-in.

So the story is that Zirion lives in this little town with these pretty cute sort of inhabitants called Cloudies, and they look like little cloud people.

They're pretty neat and they're really nice.