Our Ruler: The Bell

Talk about taking personification to an extreme.

We were in the school all standing around. It was dead silent and everyone was facing the same direction. I turned to my friend, Kathrine and asked, "Why are we all standing around?" She shushed me. I faced forward trying to see what everyone was looking at when I heard the bell ring. Suddenly everyone was running in different directions. The hall was empty in about 10 seconds. "What the heck is going on?" I asked the emptiness. A man walked forward, "Didn't you hear me?" he asked. "What did you say?" I asked. He rolled his eyes. "Why aren't you going to class?" he asked. "Oh," I said, "It's not that far and I have a few minutes before I have to be there." He took my hand, "C'mon I'll take you. Normally everyone always does what I say I guess you're the exception." I thanked him softly and walked into my class. He opened his mouth and the sound a bell makes came out.