The Clock Shop (ORIGINAL VERSION)

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Amanda Murray must've gone down the left path because the place where I was was not chilling, and was not concerning. I was at my most desired place: my calm space, my stress-free place.

     I was at a pond with a massive, gorgeous waterfall, all this surrounded by trees and mountains. There were fireflies, and it was a nice warm temperature with a little breeze, which is perfect.

     When you looked up you could see stars, stars that made constellations, and there were shooting stars.

     Looking around I could see a massive mountain with snow on the top and a beautiful field of colorful flowers at the bottom of it, and not a single person in sight.

     I saw a path through the forest that I decided to go through. My mind was at ease and I was calm.

When I got through the forest I could see a house. It was my little, green Victorian-esque townhome, and it was by itself, in another field of bright and colorful flowers.

     I slowly walked to my home without a care in the world and with a big smile on my face. All the weight on my shoulders was gone, I felt as if I was where I needed to be.

     I admired every single flower on my way home. I was crying tears of joy.

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When I went into my home, I realized it now had all my dream interior and furniture. The interior I could never afford before, antique furniture and Victorian style throughout the house in the spots where all my old furniture was before. And sitting on the wall in the hallway was the pendulum clock that brought me here.

     When I went upstairs into my bedroom, it was the best room in the house. With elegant wallpaper and a huge bed, the bedroom even seemed bigger than it was before! I jumped onto my new bed and I was so happy. It was so comfy and I could lay there forever, I felt as if I could pass all the time in my bed, in my house, by myself, forever.

     I went out to the small balcony of my room and I watched the sun fall sound asleep and the moon awaken.

     I ran out of my bedroom, down the elegant, and now carpeted stairs into the kitchen. There was already food prepared there and it looked delicious. It was my favorite meal, Paella.

     I ate happily outside on the stairs of the front deck. Then I had fried ice cream, which was so delicious. My stomach was very content and satisfied.

     I never want to leave. I thought to myself as I was lay- ing down in my new bed, eventually drifting off into a deep sleep.

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When I awoke I was no longer there. I was back in front of the tunnels. I looked around and there was no slide instead or right tunnel anymore, there was instead, a new tunnel that I could see that went back out into The Clock Shop.

     I decided that if I couldn't go back to my calm place, then I would leave. But I still was curious as to what was at the end of the left tunnel. Could it have possibly been the opposite of my most desired place? I decided to just leave and go back to my ordinary, boring home.

     Maybe the next day I would check out the left tunnel. I was also contemplating whether to ask Mr. Clifton about this or not. There was no way he hadn't known about these tunnels. That letter was written to him a long time ago and he had to have read it, otherwise, why was it hidden behind that grand- father clock?

     At the moment I didn't have an option to do anything else. I just placed the pendulum clock back onto the hook and left The Clock Shop for the night.