those covers

every night when miss b goes to bed, i have to tuck her in under "these covers." i'm not sure when it started - most likely when she developed her terrifying fear of "heat coming" - but she insists on "these covers" for naps and bedtime. "these covers" are a 5 inch space between her pillows at the very top of her bed. the very top. there are water marks on the headboard from the times when her hair wasn't quite dry after a bath and she pressed her head as high as it would go, so i'm talking all the way up. then you need to "close them" which entails sliding over one of the pillows onto her face so that the only thing visible is her hand over her ear and a mess of hair.

this is weird enough but lately she has told me that she wants to be tucked into "those covers." what? where are those covers? i foolishly ask her, at which point she puts her feet up at the head of her bed and tries to jam them - and her legs - into the 2 inch slot between her headboard and her mattress.

i think she is trying to disappear into her bed. to hide. from the heat.