Water from the broken water-clock flows away in streams — but not all of it. Some freezes indecisively and the

Water from the broken water-clock flows away in streams — but not all of it. Some freezes indecisively and then assumes the shape of a small winged creature. "Why did you break the clock? The mistress will be angry and boil me! If only someone would give her a new clock instead. But it had better be a sun clock or an hourglass. I'm tired of living in the clock, let somebody else watch it. But what if the mistress makes me live in a pot or a kettle?"