New Concept English (lesson2). A sticky business It was a usual village with a church and a few houses around it. The only uncommonness of place was the church and the clock in it. The church was very old so was the clock and everybody took pride in both of them. One day however the church clock suddenly stopped. There were rather rumors on the matter but no one could exactly explain why it happened. So the vicar, as a one who in charge, had taken a lamp and climbed into the clock tower. After the scrutiny of the place he found that the clock had been invaded by bees. All the gears of the clock were covered in honey and wax. He turned indecisive about what to do next. If he tried to clean the clock the bees could attack him and who knew what could happen. At the end he just got down and called for a bee keeper. The beer keeper after a bit of thinking removed the queen bee and as he did so the other bees following it flied away. After bees going away they gave the clock service and it started work again. --- Vicar was awaken by the strikes of the clock. He was surprised firstly because this clock hadn't been working for ages. He turned curious and walked to the tower to see what had happened. At the tower he found one of the friend who had repaired the clock, but with one glitch the clock always made thirteen strikes when it should strike only once. After discussing the issue they decided it still better to have the clock with a flaw than a nonworking one.