“My Watch” by Mark Twain

Time for something truly awesome.  This is a wonderful little tale by the great Mark Twain.  (Thanks to Flamingo Teal, for the tip!)   The moment I read this, I simply had to share it!  I’ve so been there, man…

My Watch: An Instructive Little Tale

Written in 1870 by Mark Twain (1835-1910)

This version originally published in 2005 by Infomotions, Inc. It was derived from the Internet Wiretap Edition of My Watch by Mark Twain From “Sketches New and Old”, Copyright 1903, Samuel Clemens. It was placed in the Public Domain (June 1993, #16). (Written about 1870.) This document is distributed under the GNU Public License.

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    My beautiful new watch had run eighteen months without losing or gaining, and without breaking any part of its machinery or stopping. I had come to believe it infallible in its judgments about the time of day, and to consider its constitution and its anatomy imperishable. But at last, one night, I let it run down.