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FATHER TIME AND MOTHER NATURE
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Father Time and Mother Nature always wondered what their children Tick and Tock would do next. They were always getting into trouble and one year when their parents weren’t looking, they got into the Seasons and mixed everything up.
That year, it snowed in Miami and palm trees began to grow in New York City. “We’re sorry,” they both said in unison, “We just got bored.”
Then Tick, knowing his mother’s weak spot for teaching asked “…how come, when it’s really summer it’s winter in South America? And how can it be only nine in the morning in California and they are just going to school when it’s noon in Virginia and they are eating lunch? What a mixed up world.”
“But that’s what makes it such fun,” explained Mother Nature. So despite the problems, Father Time and Mother Nature continued to teach Tick and Tock even more about time. They taught them how time is broken up into years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, right down to seconds.
“And what about eternity?” asked Tick.
“That’s timeless,” broke in Tock.
“Show off,” said Tick.
“Now children, behave yourselves,” said Father Time.
“You should never waste time,” added Mother Nature.
“Nor should you be so busy you can’t enjoy it,” squealed Tick. And Tock vigorously nodded his head in agreement.
Father time scowled at such frivolity but Mother Nature smiled, understanding just what they meant. “That’s right. God understands that, from the tiniest insect to the biggest animal, they all have their times when they aren’t working but just playing or relaxing. Why, do you know that even plants have down times? Yes, every living thing needs time to rest.”
“And snore and dream,” snickered Tock.
“A time to laugh. A time to cry. A time to dance and a time to learn,” continued Mother Nature.
Getting into the swing of things, Father Time even added, “And a time to shop on Saturday. And rest on Sunday.”
As part of their lessons about time, Tick and Tock studied the calendar. “Boy, it looks like just about every month has at least one very special day” said Tick.
“My favorite is Christmas, December 25th,” said Tick.
“Mine is July 4th,” said Tock. “I can’t wait for it to get dark and the fireworks to
start!”
“Hush now, children, we have a lot to learn. Father Time, don’t you think today’s a good day to tell them about clocks?”
“Indeed, if they can be quiet and pay close attention. There was a time when people not only didn’t have clocks, they didn’t even have calendars. They told the time of the year by the moon, and the time of day by the sun.”
“Wow!” exclaimed Tock.
“I bet everyone was either early or late, and nobody knew for sure,” said Tick. And that idea sent Tock into a fit of laughter.
“I guess you could say that,” harrumphed Father Time, having a hard time keeping a smile off his face.
“And you know, they had watches before they had clocks.”
“Oh, Mother, is this another of your riddles?”
“Why, Tock, you know you love to figure them out. And besides, you get to learn something new, too. But this time, I don’t imagine you’ll be able to figure out the answer so I’ll tell you. Remember how Father told you that before clocks had been invented everyone had to use the sun to tell time? Well, the time between sunrise and sunset was divided equally, as equally as they could without a clock, and each “piece” of the day was called a watch. Therefore, they had watches before they had clocks.”
“That’s funny,” laughed Tock. “Did they wear the sun on their wrists or in their pocket?”
“Son, don’t be so silly.”
“Yes, Father.”
“Well, as life grew more complicated people realized that it was just too inconvenient not knowing for sure what day it was, or what time it was. So down through the centuries mankind invented all kinds of ways to keep track of time. They made sun clocks and water clocks, candle timepieces, and about 700 years ago, the mechanical clock was invented and a day was divided into 24 parts called hours…”
“But who invented the alarm clock?” Tock interrupted, thinking about the one that woke him up every morning.
“Well, most people don’t know this, but it was first invented by a caveman named Ugh. You see, he had noticed that early every morning certain dinosaurs came to the watering hole not far from his cave. Actually, he was usually asleep when they came. But whenever he wanted to get up earlier than usual to go hunting, he would lay some twigs and small branches where they walked. Then, when the dinosaurs’ big feet crashed down on them on the way to the water, the loud noise of the breaking wood woke him up.”
“Mother, is Father teasing us?”
Smiling, Father Time replied, “Would you like to know the real answer?” Tick and Tock both nodded their heads, so he got serious. “In 1878, a man by the name of Levi Hutchins who lived in Concord, New Hampshire invented an alarm clock. The only problem was, it could go off only at four o’clock in the morning.”
“Boo!” protested Tock, “that wasn’t much of an invention.”
“Things have gotten better,” Mother Nature reminded them. “We’ve gone from the hour glass to mechanical clocks till now we have battery alarm clocks you can wear on your wrist.”
Father Time continued “The word clock comes from the French word cloche which means bell. And up until 1577 clocks had only an hour hand. No minute hand.”
“I like the Cuckoo Clock best,” cried out Tick.
“That’s because you’re cuckoo.”
“Am not,” muttered Tick under her breath.
“Are too,” Tock quietly shot back.
“I bet you thought daylight savings time was something new, but over 200 years ago, the old patriot/inventor Benjamin Franklin suggested it. However, it wasn’t until almost 100 years later that we began to use it. The idea was to save energy and have more time left at the end of the day.
“To enjoy the sunny summer evenings by turning our clocks one hour forward in the summer. In America it starts at 2 AM on the first Sunday of April and ends at 2 AM on the last Sunday in October” added mother.
Father Time noticed that Tock’s eyes were beginning to get that glazed look. It always happened whenever explanations got too long. He searched for a shorter way of putting it. “Lets just say, in the Spring, spring forward an hour. In the Fall, fall back an hour.”
“I like that,” said Tock clapping his hands in glee.
Tick and Tock began to dance around the room, making up silly little lyrics. “Let’s rhyme with time. Not notch a watch nor flock a clock. But make a month or cheer a year.”
“Now children, pay attention” warned Father Time. Tick and Tock sat back down and their lesson resumed.
“ There are time capsules that are buried and then years later dug up. They are filled with newspaper articles, shoes, games; anything that will be interesting to people finding them years later.”
“Wow!”
“Wow is right, Tick and Tock. Time is fascinating and that is why what we do with it is so very important.”
“It’s also time consuming,” said Tock with his usual sense of humor.
“You timed that just right,” remarked Tick.
“And the time is up for this lesson period,” said Father Time.
Mother Nature smiled and said, “Just be sure you don’t waste time because you can’t get it back.”
“Where does it go?” and then seeing the expression on his Mothers face smiled began to wonder what he and Tock would do with what time was left in their day.
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