The Clanger

This is our school bell:

photo taken by Steph H.

It’s made from the inner metal part of a gigantic tire. It hangs on wooden posts. When it’s time for class to end or begin, any nearby student is sent to grab the metal clanger (rhymes with hanger) and clang the bell a few times, which sounds something like this: 

CLANG! CLANG! C-CLANG!

But once in a while you get a musical clanger who clangs out a toneless but upbeat tune, which sounds something like this:

Rat-a-tat-CLANG!-tat-tat-clink-tat-CLANG!

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they clang the school bell.

photo also taken by the Other Steph