A housewife was concerned because her food and clothing were not lasting as long as she needed them to. If she left them out they would be damaged and if she stored them inside anything they got moldy. But when she visited other homes that didn’t seem to be the case. People had clothes on hooks and in drawers and food on shelves and in barrels; they often wore things for years longer than she could, and they never seemed to have problems with mold. Try as she might she couldn’t figure it out.
Then one day a big storm blew through their valley. Trees were bent so far over they broke; branches and leaves and blossoms flew everywhere. It was terrifying! And when it was over, the people came out to see what had happened and it was a mess!
The housewife came out of the tiny storeroom where she had been hiding and looked around her house. It was filled with light! She looked at the roof, but there were no holes. Then she realized that the wind had torn through the shutters and blown the curtains away from the windows – curtains that had hung closed in front of the windows since she was a little girl. She started to pull them closed, but realized she could use the light to clean up the mess that the wind had caused – which took her a few days, and the light and the air moved through the house for all that time.
Finally, everything was back in place and the housewife was going to close the curtains but when she touched them she realized they no longer smelled musty and there was no mold on the things in her drawers. Then she remembered that she hadn’t had to throw any food away since the storm. She decided then and there to leave the curtains open and let the light and air into her house – and she never had a problem with mustiness or mold again.
Then one day a big storm blew through their valley. Trees were bent so far over they broke; branches and leaves and blossoms flew everywhere. It was terrifying! And when it was over, the people came out to see what had happened and it was a mess!
The housewife came out of the tiny storeroom where she had been hiding and looked around her house. It was filled with light! She looked at the roof, but there were no holes. Then she realized that the wind had torn through the shutters and blown the curtains away from the windows – curtains that had hung closed in front of the windows since she was a little girl. She started to pull them closed, but realized she could use the light to clean up the mess that the wind had caused – which took her a few days, and the light and the air moved through the house for all that time.
Finally, everything was back in place and the housewife was going to close the curtains but when she touched them she realized they no longer smelled musty and there was no mold on the things in her drawers. Then she remembered that she hadn’t had to throw any food away since the storm. She decided then and there to leave the curtains open and let the light and air into her house – and she never had a problem with mustiness or mold again.
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