In a quiet village named Elmsworth, there stood an old watch shop owned by a kind old man named Mr. Elric. The shop was filled with clocks of all sizes—grandfather clocks, pocket watches, cuckoo clocks, and tiny ticking wristwatches. But at the very back of the shop, sitting alone in a glass case, was a peculiar clock known only as the “Good Deed Clock.”

This clock was different. It had no battery, no winding key, and no visible mechanism. In fact, it never ticked at all—unless someone did a good deed.

Most thought it was broken, but Mr. Elric knew the truth.

One rainy afternoon, a curious boy named Leo wandered into the shop. He was mischievous, always chasing trouble, and never one to help unless asked. But today, something about the silent clock caught his eye.

“What’s wrong with that one?” Leo asked.

Mr. Elric smiled. “That clock only ticks when someone does something kind—purely from the heart.”

Leo rolled his eyes. “That’s silly. Clocks don’t care about kindness.”

“Ah,” Mr. Elric replied. “Most don’t. But this one remembers every good deed. Every tick is a moment of goodness in the world.”

Leo wasn’t convinced, but the next day at school, he saw a classmate, Maya, drop her books. Without thinking, Leo helped her pick them up.

As he passed by Mr. Elric’s shop on the way home, he paused.

Tick.

He ran inside. “Did it… did it just tick?”

Mr. Elric beamed. “Seems the clock noticed.”

Intrigued, Leo began doing small good deeds each day—feeding a stray cat, helping his grandmother carry groceries, sharing his lunch with a hungry friend.

Each time, he would race to the shop and listen.

Tick. Tick. Tick.

Eventually, the whole village took notice. Children began helping neighbors, adults started donating food, and people began smiling more. The once-quiet shop echoed with the rhythmic tick-tick-tick of kindness growing.

Years later, when Leo grew up and Mr. Elric passed on, the shop became The Hall of Good Deeds. And the clock?

It never stopped ticking.