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Oh my god, I think I'm in love with this clock. This is the Astrological Clock in Prague and it is just about the coolest thing ever. I have a million pictures of it and I will post them later (along with a kick ass ghost story about it) but right now, I have class.

EDIT: Okay, now I can continue with the story of this beautiful clock.

The Master clock maker who made it was a genius, this is not hard to believe. Can you imagine how many cogs and wheels and springs make this thing work? It was designed to keep perfect time FOREVER, and that is not an easy task.

Naturally, since this clock was so wonderful and perfect, people from all over the world came to Prague to see it, and when they came, they bought things and made the city a lot of money. Well, the Burgers of the town (kind of like mayors, or town councilmen) heard that the Master who made the clock was going to make another one for another city. They would lose money and of course, this could not happen. So what did they do? They blinded him. A blind clock-maker will never make another clock.

They went to his house late at night--disguised--and knocked on the door. He opened the door and two jumped on him, while the third heated a knife over the fire. Once the knife was red hot, they used it to put out his eyes.

A year went by and the Master's apprentices were trying to keep the clock in working order, but they weren't as great as the Master. One day, when one of the apprentices was cleaning the clock, he overheard the councilmen talking about how no one would ever know it was them who blinded the Master. Naturally, the boy ran to tell his Master.

When he found out that the councilmen had blinded him, he went to the clock and destroyed parts of the inside so it stopped. This thing was such a work of art that it took the city of Prague a hundred years to find another clock maker to repair it, and to this very day, it stops working on occasion. After he destroyed his masterwork, the Master's heart gave out and now, they believe that it's his spirit that still addles the clock.

And, as it turned out, the Master who made the clock was designing something else, he was making an improvement for this clock and then the city of Prague would get even more money in trade when people came through. The moral of the story? Don't listen to rumors, and don't blind the only schmuck that can fix your clock.

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Oh my god, I think I'm in love with this clock. This is the Astrological Clock in Prague and it is just about the coolest thing ever. I have a million pictures of it and I will post them later (along with a kick ass ghost story about it) but right now, I have class.

EDIT: Okay, now I can continue with the story of this beautiful clock.

The Master clock maker who made it was a genius, this is not hard to believe. Can you imagine how many cogs and wheels and springs make this thing work? It was designed to keep perfect time FOREVER, and that is not an easy task.

Naturally, since this clock was so wonderful and perfect, people from all over the world came to Prague to see it, and when they came, they bought things and made the city a lot of money. Well, the Burgers of the town (kind of like mayors, or town councilmen) heard that the Master who made the clock was going to make another one for another city. They would lose money and of course, this could not happen. So what did they do? They blinded him. A blind clock-maker will never make another clock.

They went to his house late at night--disguised--and knocked on the door. He opened the door and two jumped on him, while the third heated a knife over the fire. Once the knife was red hot, they used it to put out his eyes.

A year went by and the Master's apprentices were trying to keep the clock in working order, but they weren't as great as the Master. One day, when one of the apprentices was cleaning the clock, he overheard the councilmen talking about how no one would ever know it was them who blinded the Master. Naturally, the boy ran to tell his Master.

When he found out that the councilmen had blinded him, he went to the clock and destroyed parts of the inside so it stopped. This thing was such a work of art that it took the city of Prague a hundred years to find another clock maker to repair it, and to this very day, it stops working on occasion. After he destroyed his masterwork, the Master's heart gave out and now, they believe that it's his spirit that still addles the clock.

And, as it turned out, the Master who made the clock was designing something else, he was making an improvement for this clock and then the city of Prague would get even more money in trade when people came through. The moral of the story? Don't listen to rumors, and don't blind the only schmuck that can fix your clock.