Nasruddin's Clock

Nasruddin had a clock which kept good time. One day, however, the clock stopped working. Nasruddin wound the clock with the key as usual, but it still would not keep the right time.
Nasruddin then noticed that the clock was rather dirty. He dusted the clock off and cleaned the key, but that still did not help, so he took the clock to a repairman.
As the repairman was taking the clock apart to look inside, a dead fly fell out.
"Well, no wonder the clock stopped working!" Nasruddin exclaimed. "The poor little creature that operates the machinery has died."

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Inspired by: Inspired by: Classic Tales of Mulla Nasreddin retold by Houman Farzad, and translated by Diane Wilcox
Notes: This story is on p. 34 of the book. In Nakosteen's version, Nasruddin finds a dead fly inside the watch, but the idea of finding a dead fly in a clock seems more probably.