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AstronomicalThe Astronomical Clock is over six hundred Clock years old! It’s incredible that people were able to create such a sophisticated mechanism such a long time ago. Read the legend and cut out the pictures on the last page. Then glue the pictures into the right spots. Do they fit the story well? A very clever man, Mr. Hanuš, created plans for the Clock and the Prague councillors 1 liked it so much they asked him to make the Clock exactly according to plan.

The result was spectacular. No other city on Earth 2 had such a beautiful clock. One that could show the movement of the moon, the sun and the zodiac, and measure months, days, and even time. Plus there was a skeleton that rang the bell and other statues on the clock that moved.

The Astronomical Clock soon became famous. People traveled to Prague from all over the world just to see it. Everyone knew 3 Mr. Hanuš, who was by now a celebrity.

But Mr. Hanuš didn’t become vain, instead 4 he worked hard on new projects. And that made the councillors nervous. They didn’t want Mr. Hanuš to make a clock for any other city.

They decided to do something terrible instead. One night when Mr. Hanuš was 5 working at home, the councillors attacked him and blinded him. This way they believed he would never be able to create another clock.

www.mytravelove.com www.praguewithfamily.com [email protected] Mr. Hanuš almost died. But once he got at least a little bit better he 6 decided to take revenge.

7 Even though he was now blind, he went back to the Astronomical Clock and put his hand between the gears. The clock stopped. People panicked and went looking for the cause. Mr. Hanuš was lying inside the clock and died the next day.

Now there was nobody who knew how to fix the clock. And that’s how the councillors paid 8 for their terrible deed.

www.mytravelove.com www.praguewithfamily.com [email protected] www.mytravelove.com www.praguewithfamily.com [email protected] 3 things to remember A famous clock in Prague? The Astronomical Clock! IIt was a technological masterpiece in the old days. Go see the Clock in the Old Town Square.

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