The Cuckoo Clock

The Cuckoo Clock is a fantasy novel first published in 1877. Griselda has just come to live with her two elderly aunts, and she is lonely. One day she angrily throws a book at the cuckoo bird noting the time in the clock and she is startled to see the cuckoo quickly withdraw into the clock. The bird ceases to tell the time, and everyone in the house is sad. Griselda sees she needs to make things right with the bird and she does. The bird helps Griselda's loneliness and teaches Griselda the things she needs to know and takes Griselda on fantastical adventures.

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