Rooms of a Twenty-First Century House

            In this house, there are many curious rooms.  One of these is the room where the clothing

is washed.  This room contains a couple of strange shining boxes.  Each box is approximately

the size of a goat.  Because one of these boxes holds many buckets-full of water,  the clothes can

be washed indoors!  The fresh-smelling soap that is used to clean the clothes, is wet like water,

and is stored in bottles.  It is poured into the top of the box.  The clothes are put inside and the

door is shut.  I can see through the door, but it is not made of glass.  Then I turn a knob, and

press one of the buttons.  Suddenly, the box, which begins thumping like a stampede of cattle,

spins the clothes round and round, cleaning them in the soap and water.  The clothes are clean

when the box stops,  but they still need to be dried.  Rather than walking to the clothesline to

hang them, they can simply be put in the next box.  I cannot see the clothes.  Once the clothes is

put inside this box, I simply press a button and it removes the water while spinning the clothes.  I

must not wash clothes together that have many different colors, or they look dull and grey once I

have finished.  Rather than toiling to carry the clothes to the river and clothesline to be washed

and hung, it can be brought to this room, inside!

            Another stunning room, is the one that contains the bath.  The bath is built against the

wall.  It is massive!  At the front, is a knob.  Once I turn this, either scalding hot or freezing cold

water out of the wall.  Surprisingly, water sometimes patters down from a shimmering silver

spout near the ceiling.  When you do not plug the hole in the floor before your bath, the water

disappears.  There is no need to fill the tub with water from a well, so bathing is done every few

days!  On the other side of the room, is the pot in which you relieve yourself.  This is raised high

above the floor, and is full of water.  You simply push a lever located on the side, when you are

finished and the water inside whirls around then vanishes with a loud gurgle.  I must also wash

my hands once I am done.  To do so, there is soap contained in bottles.  There is also a little

spout which contains water.  You push small spouts to make it hot or cold.  Water in which to

bathe is easy to get without a well.                                                                                                    

            The next bewildering room, is the room in which cooking is done.  To bake things in the

oven, you press a series of buttons on the front.  Suddenly, a gust of wind blows from holes in

the top.  The oven becomes scorching hot quickly.  When I peek through the door, I can see the

metal become red, yet it does not use fire.  Another box in this marvelous mansion, is the one

that washes the platters and cups.  I simply put the dishes in to metal racks, pour in some soap,

and press a button.  The box begins rumbling.  Clear water fills it, spraying and cleaning the

dishes.  The box which brews imported tea, is approximately the size of a chicken.  It also brews

a dark, hot drink made of ground beans.  The tea is contained in small bags that are placed in the

cups.  The water heats and then into the cup, when I push a couple buttons, mixing with the

spices and becoming flavored.  Cooking can be done easily without having to gather fire or

water.