Curtains Are Better Than Blinds

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In the summer when it’s hot, Mom keeps the bedroom curtains and blinds closed during the day to keep the bright sunlight out.  But right outside the bedroom window there are a lot of bushes, and some little birds built a nest in them so they’re usually hopping around on the branches.  It’s hard not to be fascinated by a bird who  is just a foot from your nose!  The deer walk by in the woods right outside the windows too, and sometimes they take naps in our yard.

Mom keeps a big soft blanket folded up on a footlocker right in front of one of the windows, and I love to sit there and look outside.  And when the curtains are closed, that’s just fine – I can still stick my head through the middle and see everything that’s going on.  Sometimes I go behind the curtains and sit on the windowsill, and no one in the house even knows where I am, it’s my secret little hiding place.

But the back windows have big wooden blinds, and when they’re shut I can’t see much.  I’ve tried to get behind them, but they’re pretty heavy.   So I slap them around some – they make lots of fun noises – but Mom and Dad don’t like it when I do that at night.  I like curtains a whole lot better than blinds!