A Child's First Book About Time by Ruth Halpern

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A Child's First Book About Time

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

YOU ASKED ME:

What was the first time, when clocks were new?

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I SAID...

In the beginning, there were no clocks.

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There was the day...

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...and there was the night.

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AWAKE

THERE WERE ONLY TWO TIMES:

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...AND ASLEEP.

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THEN THERE WAS DAWN.

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THEN THERE WAS DUSK.

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Before everyone wore watches, we told time by the church bells.

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Before that, by the sun...

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By the length of the shadows...

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By the slow creep of the stars.

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Time is stretchy as gum

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Sticky as spider silk

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As quick as a flash

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As slow as a dream.

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TIME MEANS...

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That every one of us gets to play many roles...

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From very young...

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To very old.

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The tick of the second hand

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The chime of the hour

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Can never truly chop up time

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Because time is the river that carves us all.

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Ruth Halpern

www.ruthstory.com