The short hand tells us all the hour.”
The Runaway Bunny skipped this way and that way, and sang:
“’Tis more fun making a simple rhyme,
With a little Wrist Watch to tell the time.”
The little Wrist Watch continued:
“Let’s run a race. Come, who will win it?
My long hand tells you of each minute.”
Then the Runaway Bunny ran on faster than ever and the tiny hands of the Wrist Watch ran round its face. Before he could believe it, the Runaway Bunny was learning to tell time.
He shouted:
“A quarter of eight! I won’t be late;