“That infuriating bell!”
It rang and rang and rang
After a while, the people got used to it
And it rang and rang and rang
After three weeks – exactly – it turned itself off
All by itself
Of its own accord
And the people noticed – it took them quite a few seconds; but, notice, they did, that the noise of the bell had stopped.
After a while, the people forgot about it.
Graeme Sandford 