I had the oddest sensation I was about to see either something amazing, or amazingly stupid.
My sister could not wait to show me the birthday present she made for my five-year-old niece.
She told me to keep the noise down, because she didn’t want anyone to follow us into the basement, and ruin the surprise. When she took the blanket off the box, I was in awe. She had built an amazing dollhouse. I could not suppose the detail she had put into it. I knew my sister was an architect, although I never expected this kind of detail to go into a toy. She laughed and told me to wait a second. The dollhouse got even better. She flipped a switch and all the lights turned on. She told me she was now going to show me the best. She flipped another switch and the air conditioner component turned on. She laughed and asked if it was too cool for air conditioner, and turned it off. She flipped another switch and the boiler turned on. I could see the glow of the boiler and then there was a small stream of heat coming out of every air vent. She told me there was no HVAC duct, even though she had a switch inside each air vent that would turn on when the boiler turned on. I thought it was the best toil she had ever done, but why would a dollhouse need laboring HVAC? She reminded me how my friend and I used to pretend my friend and I were fairies. She built the playhouse to the standards my friend and I wanted when my friend and I became fairies.