The curtain wants cleaning.

The lights went down and the curtain went up.

Tom washes the kitchen curtains twice a year.

May I open the curtain?

Close the curtain.

The curtain is open now; a little while ago it was drawn.

All the curtains were closed.

Tom and Mary hid themselves behind the curtain.

At this very instant the young fairy came from behind the curtains and said these words in a loud voice:— "Assure yourselves, O King and Queen, that your daughter shall not die of this disaster. It is true, I have no power to undo entirely what my elder has done. The Princess shall indeed pierce her hand with a spindle; but, instead of dying, she shall only fall into a deep sleep, which shall last a hundred years, at the end of which a king's son shall come and awake her."

Can someone close the curtains?