I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among some Whimsies, which has bothered me for a while, and at last I feel compelled to say something about it. Most of the time, most Whimsies keep their eyes open when they have their picture taken. But every now and then, I see a Whimsie who insists on closing her eyes when her picture is taken.
Why? Why? I don’t understand this. We Whimsies have such big beautiful eyes, why wouldn’t we want to show them off? What good can possibly come from keeping our eyes closed? With closed eyes, you just look like you’re sleeping. And who wants to sleep, when there are so many beautiful things to see in the world?
Now, I admit, I sleep every night, and when I’m sleeping I close my eyes. But that’s probably the only time! (Well…that, and if I happen to be watching a movie or show and a dog or wolf unexpectedly shows up…) But I certainly wouldn’t close my eyes if I knew someone was taking my picture! I would no sooner close my eyes than frown.
And that, at least, is one good thing you can say about these Whimsies with the closed eyes— at least they keep smiling. But it makes you wonder…Maybe they are asleep? Maybe they’re having a pleasant dream?
These are my thoughts about closed-eye Whimsies. A mystery to me. But wait! The plot thickens!
I told Trixie and Tillie that I was planning to write about this, and they both said they have also seen the close-eyed Whimsies. But while Tillie is just as baffled as me, Trixie had some insight to lend which makes the whole issue….well…really disturbing.
As you know, Trixie has been in more Hoards than Tillie and me, so she’s had plenty of opportunity to meet a lot more Whimsies than either of us ever have. And Trixie tells us that she’s known some of these close-eyed Whimsies and…and I actually have it all wrong! These Whimsies don’t close their eyes simply when their picture is being taken! Oh, no! These Whimsies walk around ALL THE TIME with their eyes closed!
What??
Now I really don’t understand.
I asked Trixie what these Whimsies are like, and she said they are fine, friendly Whimsies, just like the rest of us, but it’s a bit uncomfortable talking to them, because you can never make eye contact. 
So sometimes you don’t know if they’re really listening to you. But then they’ll answer you, most pleasantly, and you realize everything is fine.
So I asked Trixie if she ever asked one of them why she keeps her eyes closed all the time, and Trixie said yes, once she did. She asked one Whimsie. And what was the answer? Nothing really concrete. The close-eyed Whimsie just giggled and said, “Oh, that’s just the way I am.”
Very disconcerting. And unsatisfactory…
So many questions spinning in my head! Can they see? Do they sleep? Why do they do it? And most disturbing of all, but you really have to wonder…do they have eyes at all??
I don’t know.
Well, anyway, these are my thoughts about the close-eyed Whimsies. Some of them are very pretty—like this one here in red and white, doesn’t she look French somehow? And how about this one all bundled up in blue, with that curly hair escaping from her hood? How adorable!
But I think they would all be so much prettier, and so much more adorable if they would just OPEN THEIR EYES!!
Don’t you think so too?
