WHEN OLD CLOCKS EXPLODE !

THIS HINGES ON SOME BACKGROUND INFO.  I DO NOT THINK THAT GIRLS EVER CUT SCHOOL.  NEVER HEARD OF ONE CASE. I DITCHED SCHOOL TWICE..ONCE IN JR HIGH, AND ONCE IN HIGH SCHOOL. BUT I "DITCHED" GRADE SCHOOL A FEW TIMES BE PRETENDING TO BE SICK.  FIRST, I HAD TO COMPLAIN OF FEELING SICK, THEN HAD TO BACK IT UP BY PUTTING A LITTLE WATER UP NOSE WHERE  IT WOULD RUN.  WHEN MAMMA SHOOK THE THERMOMETER DOWN AND STUCK IT IN MY MOUTH AND LEFT ROOM, I SHOOK IT UP TO 102 DEGREES.  I WAS SENTENCED TO BED. COULD NOT GO OUT AND CLIMB TREES.  SO, I HAD TO INVENT ENTERTAINMENTS IN BED.  I READ BOOKS, GOT MY CRAYONS AND COLORED PICTURES....HEAD ON PILLOW, LOOKING STRAIGHT UP AT LIGHT BULB IN MY READING LAMP ON WALL.  WHAT A MYSTERY THE GLOWING BULB WAS...IT WAS HOT AND I THOUGHT I WOULD COOL IT OFF WITH A SPLASH OF WATER,  LOUD POP AND I COULD NOT FIND THE BULB.  I SAW AN OLD WIND UP MANTEL CLOCK THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BECAUSE IT DID NOT WORK.  I HAD A TOOL KIT AND I TOOK THE BACK OFF OF CLOCK.  WOW...ALL SORTS OF WHEELS, BUT A GOLDEN COLORED PLATE HID WHAT WAS BEHIND ALL OF THIS.  SO, I TOOK ALL THE SCREWS OUT OF PLATE AND PULLED THE PLATE OFF. THERE WAS A GREAT SOUND AND LITTLE GOLDEN WHEELS FLEW OUT WITH GREAT FORCE.  THEY WENT EVERY WHERE...SOME OF THE GEARS WERE STRIPPED AND THE LITTLE COGS EMBEDDED IN MY FACE.  I WAS PICKING THOSE COGS OUT OF MY FACE FOR WEEKS...THEY FESTERED TO THE SURFACE....IT WAS A GREAT EXCITEMENT FOR ABOUT A SECOND.......HOW WAS I TO KNOW IT WAS WOUND UP TIGHT....