Story mapping for old clock shop diagram pls
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• It’s Christmas Eve, and closing time for shops.
• Ray’s old-clock shop is still open.
• Two shoppers call at this late hour.
CHRISTMAS Eve had arrived. As last-minute shoppers were
going home, a thick, white sheet of snow lay over Salt Lake
City, USA. Yet the lights were still burning in the old-clock
shop, as Ray, its old, deaf owner, worked on a clock he had
sold that day.
2021–22Having finished his work, Ray stood up and was on his
way to the back room when a cold rush of air from the front
door hit the back of his neck.
He turned to meet a last-minute shopper, but his old, wise
eyes told him that this was not a shopper. He saw two men,
one in his twenties, the other closer to fifty. The younger man
remained at the door. The older man approached the counter
with no sign of friendliness in his eyes. Ray was able to hide
his growing fear as he slowly pushed a notepad and a pencil
across the counter.
He smiled at the unfriendly face, then pointed to his ears
and shook his head from side to side. A quick look of surprise
changed the man’s face as he studied the notepad, then
turned and said something to his friend.
Ray used the chance to look closely at the man, paying
attention to the shape of a gun and a restless hand in the
man’s right coat-pocket. Anger boiled within him, but it was
kept down by an inner voice that said, “Be still.” He wrote on
the notepad, “May I help you?” For the first time the older
man looked directly at Ray and smiled. A cruel, mocking smile.
They both understood why he was there, why his friend
remained at the door. They looked like men who were down
on their luck, and were now ready to try something they would
later be sorry about.
The clocks ticked on. Ray calmly wrote another message.
“Have you come to pick up a clock or watch?” Then he
pointed to the ‘loan’ board filled with hanging clocks and
Answer: CHARACTERS:- RAY 50-YEAR-OLD MAN
SETTING : THE OLD CLOCK SHOP
PROBLEM:- The visitor hadn't come to the shop to buy anything perhaps his intention was To Loot the owner of the shop
SOLUTION:-he doubt his intentions but kept cool he also did show a gesture of goodwill and peace
Explanation: