The 12-year-old boy stood patiently beside the clock counter
while the store clerk waited on all of the adult customers.
Finally he got around to the youngster, who made his purchase
and hurried out to the curb, where his father was impatiently
waiting in his car.
"What took you so long, son?" he asked.
"The man waited on everybody in the store before me," the boy
replied.
"But I got even."
"How?"
"I wound and set all the alarm clocks while I was waiting," the
youngster explained happily.
"It's going to be a mighty noise place at eight o'clock."
while the store clerk waited on all of the adult customers.
Finally he got around to the youngster, who made his purchase
and hurried out to the curb, where his father was impatiently
waiting in his car.
"What took you so long, son?" he asked.
"The man waited on everybody in the store before me," the boy
replied.
"But I got even."
"How?"
"I wound and set all the alarm clocks while I was waiting," the
youngster explained happily.
"It's going to be a mighty noise place at eight o'clock."