Aunt Etiquette’s head went nid-nid nodding and she fell asleep.
Pretty Bunny saw by the clock it was quarter of eight and she whispered to Healthy Bunny,
“Don’t you know what the story said?
Let’s hurry or we’ll be late to bed.”
The Family Clock remarked,
“I could hear that whisper round the block,
Tick tick, tock, tick tick, tock.”
Those two little Bunnies went pitter, patter, up stairs.
Healthy Bunny looked under the pillow and what do you suppose he saw? There were two, shining silver watches. On the back of each was written,
“Tick, tick, tock, hear me chime,