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The girl and time. I have a small watch shop in the city. The shop is old, but I love it. Every day people come to buy watches or fix their old ones. I sit behind the counter fixing broken watches with my tools. The sound of ticking fills the shop, a soft and steady rhythm.

It never stops. It never changes. The hands of the clocks move forward second by second, minute by minute. I have spent years in this shop watching time pass. One afternoon, the bell on the door rang. A young girl walked in. She looked about 16. Her hair was long and she wore a red

dress. She did not stop to look at the watches in the glass case. She did not ask about prices. She walked straight to me with quick steps. Her eyes were dark and serious. She stood in front of me and said, "I want to go back in time." I was surprised. People come to my shop to buy watches,

not to change time. I smiled and said, "Time only moves forward. No one can go back." But she did not smile. She pressed her lips together and looked at me with sad eyes. "I made a mistake." she said. "I need to fix it." Her voice was quiet, almost a whisper. I looked at the clocks on the wall.

Their hands moved slowly, always forward, never back. The sound of ticking filled the shop. Tick, tick, tick. Time does not wait. Time does not stop. Time does not go back. I pointed to the clocks and said, "Look at them. They only move in one direction." She sighed and sat on a wooden chair

near the counter. She lowered her head and stared at her hands. "I wish I could change the past," she said. "Just one moment. Just one mistake." Her voice trembled. The shop was quiet except for the ticking of the clocks. I took a deep breath. Over the years, many people have walked into my shop. Some were happy buying