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My fingers hitched onto the plastic tilt wand dangling beside the tall hallway window. Twist, shudder, snap! With one sharp jerk of the rod, the slatted blinds snapped open horizontally, slicing the bright afternoon beam into dozens of crisp, blinding bars across the wood. Zebra floor! I hopped right into the glowing zebra cage, planting one white sock across three bright slats at once. Tilt, freeze, twitch! Every