She flipped another switch and the furnace turned on.
I had the oddest sensation I was about to see either something amazing, or amazingly stupid. My sister couldn’t 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 couldn’t believe the detail she had put into it. I knew my sister was an architect, but 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 conditioning unit turned on. She laughed and asked if it was too cool for air conditioning, and turned it off. She flipped another switch and the furnace turned on. I could see the glow of the heater and then there was a small stream of heat coming out of every air vent. She told me there was no ductwork, but she had a switch inside each air vent that would turn on when the furnace turned on. I thought it was the best work she had ever done, but why would a dollhouse need working HVAC? She reminded me how we used to pretend we were fairies. She built the playhouse to the standards we wanted when we became fairies.