A Fourteen-Month Clock

Word arrived that Brazil's shorter week comes in two steps. Ambrose: two hours off sixty days after promulgation, two more a year later, fourteen months in all. Pim: two hours off? I'll spend them with my snail. Mrs. Applewhite: two rest days too, from the sixtieth day, Sundays preferred. The Toll Keeper: business groups asked for a longer transition and the opposition for ten years; the answer was fourteen months, same pay. Prudence: a ten-year wish, a fourteen-month clock.

Brazil's shorter week arrives on a 14-month clock: 60 days after promulgation the week drops two hours and workers get two rest days, preferably including Sunday, and 12 months after that it drops two more, to 40; business groups wanted a longer transition and the opposition argued for ten years, and the rapporteur refused and kept 14 months.

Starring

🎙️The NarratorAmbrosePimMrs. ApplewhiteThe Toll KeeperPrudence