Page 172 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

And that’s when the clock started chiming. And although Clara cringed for the slightest bit, she was the one to take Franz’s hand. “We have to find Godfather.”
And Franz took her other hand, “We have to free the land.”
To which Clara looked puzzled. “What land?” But she walked with him toward the clock, anyway.
To which Franz replied, “It’s a long story. I’ll tell you on the way.”
Clara only hesitated for a moment, before stepping into the clock, and from the recesses of its innards, her last question echoed back into the landing: “This doesn’t have anything to do with MICE – does it?”
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