My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor; It was taller by half than the old man himself, Though it weighed not a pennyweight more. It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born, And was always his treasure and pride; But it stopp'd short, never to go again When the old man died.
Ninety years, without slumbering (tick,tick,tick,tick), His life seconds slumbering (tick, tick, tick, tick), It stopp'd short never to go again, When the old man died.
In watching its pendulum swing to and fro, Many hours had he spent while a boy; And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know And to share both his grief and his joy. For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door, With a blooming and beautiful bride; But it stopp'd short, never to go again When the old man died.
My grandfather said of those he could hire, Not a servant so faithful he found; For it wasted no time, and had but one desire At the close of each week to be wound. And kept in its place not a frown upon its face, And ist hands never hung by its side; But it stopp'd short, never to go again When the old man died.
It rang an alarm in the dead of the night An alarm that for years had been dumb; And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight That his hour of departure had come. Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime, As we silently stood by his side; But it stopp'd short, never to go again When the old man died.
Way down upon the Swanee River, 悠悠的史瓦尼河
Far, far away 蜿蜒而流
That's where my heart is turning ever 是我縈迴夢繫的地方
That's where the old folks stay 是家鄉老友居住地方
All up and down the whole creation, 那河流徐徐流過之處
Sadly I roam 我心迴盪
Still longing for the old plantation 希望百花盛開
And for the old folks at home 給我家鄉的老友
很多奇幻小說借鏡來創造世界,如經典是魔幻王國 The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis,主角們穿越 England 及 Narina 便是一個好例子。
平行宇宙說明類似是一個事件以不同過程進行或者一個不同的決定的後續發展會發展出不同的平行宇宙中的,我就發覺很多套用於時間 Time Travel的電影故事,我覺得平行宇宙太不易令人明白,如果想想這點,很容易想起一種學說「祖父悖論Grandfather paradox」:如果你回到過去殺死了你阿爺,那麼當然你麻麻不會生下你父母,你當然不存在,既然你是不存在又怎能回到過去殺死了你阿爺??你又是否會被這個「過去」的宇宙排斥而消失呢?(像回到過去第一集)