Little Swiss Clock

by Brierly Ashour

The tiny Swiss clock

That hangs on my wall

Ticks always so softly

I can’t hear it at all.

But inside that clock

A little Swiss bird

Each morning awakes

And so loudly is heard,

I can’t stay asleep

Or I know I’ll be late,

For soon the school bus

Will swing past our gate.

Illustrated by Dorothy Wagstaff