saturday, may 20, 1944
dearest kitty,
i took a closer look and, luckily, die "incalcble loss" wasn''t as bad as i''d expected. up in die attic i carefully peeled apart die sheets of paper diat were stuck togedier and dien hung diem on die clodiesline to dry. it was such a funny sight, even i had tough. maria de'' medici alongside charles v, william of orange and marie antote.
"it''s rassenschande,"* mr. van daan joked. [an affront to racial purity.]
after entrusting my papers to peter''s care, i went back downstairs.
"which books are ruined?" i asked margot, who was going dirough them.
"algebra," margot said.
but as luck would have it, my algebra book wasn''t entirely ruined. i wish it had fallen right in the vase. i''ve never loathed any book as much as that one. inside the front cover are the names of at least twenty girls who had it before i did. it''s old, yellowed, full of scribbles, crossed-out words and revisions. the next time i''m in a wicked mood, i''m going to tear the darned thing to pieces!
yours, anne m. frank
dearest kitty,
i took a closer look and, luckily, die "incalcble loss" wasn''t as bad as i''d expected. up in die attic i carefully peeled apart die sheets of paper diat were stuck togedier and dien hung diem on die clodiesline to dry. it was such a funny sight, even i had tough. maria de'' medici alongside charles v, william of orange and marie antote.
"it''s rassenschande,"* mr. van daan joked. [an affront to racial purity.]
after entrusting my papers to peter''s care, i went back downstairs.
"which books are ruined?" i asked margot, who was going dirough them.
"algebra," margot said.
but as luck would have it, my algebra book wasn''t entirely ruined. i wish it had fallen right in the vase. i''ve never loathed any book as much as that one. inside the front cover are the names of at least twenty girls who had it before i did. it''s old, yellowed, full of scribbles, crossed-out words and revisions. the next time i''m in a wicked mood, i''m going to tear the darned thing to pieces!
yours, anne m. frank