The story is set in 'the olden days’ in the small German town of Glockenheim. There are three main characters, Karl – an apprentice clockmaker; Gretl - the kindly daughter of a local innkeeper; and Fritz, a local writer.
Karl is the first clockmaker’s apprentice in memory who hasn’t completed a new figure for the town’s clock. The night before the grand unveiling of the figure, (which will not happen now) the townspeople gather in the local inn to listen to Fritz tell them stories. The stories begin to come true and this scares many of the townspeople as evil descends on the town. The story twists and turns through time with Karl and Gretl at its centre.
Writing Outcomes
- Persuasive leaflet
- Suspense
- Ghost story
Topic Links
- Inventions
- Germany
- Fairy tales
- Clockwork
- Frankenstein