`` Sammy Prott came along after tea , when you were away to the forge , Peter , and I gave him permission to clean the old clock . He had it going merrily in no time . And now it has almost frightened you poor little monkeys to death . '' We heard Uncle Roger chuckling all the way to the barn . `` Uncle Roger can laugh , '' said Cecily , with a quiver in her voice , `` but it 's no laughing matter to be so scared . I just feel sick , I was so frightened . '' `` I would n't mind if he 'd laugh once and have it done with it , '' said Felicity bitterly . `` But he 'll laugh at us for a year , and tell the story to every soul that comes to the place . '' `` You ca n't blame him for that , '' said the Story Girl . `` I shall tell it , too . I do n't care if the joke is as much on myself as any one . A story is a story , no matter who it 's on . But it IS hateful to be laughed at -- and grown-ups always do it . I never will when I 'm grown up . I 'll remember better . '' `` It 's all Peter 's fault , '' said Felicity . `` I do think he might have had more sense than to take a clock striking for a bell ringing . '' `` I never heard that kind of a strike before , '' protested Peter . `` It do n't sound a bit like other clocks . And the door was shut and the sound kind o ' muffled .
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