have to stay in front of it all night as well as all day, if you are
to see all it can show you."

"I know about cuckoo-clocks, of course," said Gretchen, "but the
little bird is the only figure that comes out on those. There are
ever so many different figures on the Strasburg clock, aren't there,
Uncle Fritz?"

"A great, great many. Angels strike the hours. A different god or
goddess appears for each day in the week. Then, at noon and at
midnight, Jesus and his twelve apostles come out through a door and
march about on a platform.

"You can imagine what the size of the clock must be when I tell you
that the figures are as large as people. When the procession of the
apostles appears, a gilded cock on the top of the tower flaps its
wings and crows.

"I cannot begin to tell you all about it. It is as good as a play,
and, as I told Hans, he would have to stay many hours near it to see
all the sights."

"I should think a strong man would be needed to wind it up," said his
nephew.

"The best part of it is that it does not need to be wound every day,"
replied Uncle Fritz. "They say it will run for years without being
touched. Of course, travellers are coming to Strasburg all the time.
They wish to see the clock, but they also come to see the cathedral
itself. It is a very grand building, and, as you know, the spire is