A Planet Revolving Around Itself
An hourglass was turned when we found it while we were on an archaeological mission. Time has stopped within it for hundreds of years. I held it and noticed that it was still working fine, the sand was still dripping accurately, and the glass, while rough on the outside, was still smooth on the inside. The sand was running down like a glutinous alcoholic.
I took it to the national museum and sat on a black polished marble stone. The manager of the museum came himself to attend its official unveiling. Maybe it was for showmanship, the attending press, or even the manager's own amusement, but the manager decided to turn it one last time before putting it among the other exhibits in the museum.
Then, it was the last round of time. The sand was running down as always. We're one hour away before the time stops forever within the hourglass.
Half an hour...
A quarter of an hour...
Five grains of sand...
Four grains of sand...
Three grains of sand...
Two grains of sand...
One grain of sand left...
An hour and more have passed but there was still one grain of sand. It didn't drop, it kept holding onto the glass on the upper side. We kept staring at it for hours, all of us were waiting anxiously, for something to happen, for anything to happen. Nothing ever did.
We placed a warning sign in front of it. So, if you ever visit the national museum and see an hourglass placed on a black polished marble stone, then be very careful. Don't you dare touch it. If that grain of sand fell, it will have the effect of a planet crashing into the earth.
The planet of patience.
Interesting story, which shows us the power that simple hopes can have. Maybe when the grain falls nothing happens, more than the dream of millions hoping for something incredible to happen. Greetings.
I felt some trepidation, you have been quite imaginative in writing this story and yet I wonder what would really happen if that big one doesn't fall? I think you leave a lot to the imagination, that's good, as you make us think a bit.
Oh the anticipation! We wait for the last grain to fall, hoping it does not set the planets out of alignment in the solar system!
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