After a few more tries it nailed the off-beat perfectly. The clock was so overjoyed that it couldn’t resist ringing its happy little chime with the music. But after a few strains of that it noticed the whir of sleepy disapproval from the other timepieces, so it went on with its syncopated ticking.

Although, it couldn’t help letting loose a strain of rapid ticks, a few finger snaps, and an ecstatic zwwinng! as the quartet finished.