THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL : THE DEFINITIVE EDITION ... - Fidele
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL : THE DEFINITIVE EDITION ... - Fidele
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL : THE DEFINITIVE EDITION ... - Fidele
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Yours, Anne M. Frank<br />
FRIDAY, MARCH 3,1944<br />
My dearest Kitty,<br />
When I looked into the candle tonight, I felt calm and happy again. It seems<br />
Grandma is in that candle, and it's Grandma who watches over and protects me and<br />
makes me feel happy again. But. . . there's someone else who governs all my moods<br />
and that's. . . Peter. I went to get the potatoes today, and while I was standing<br />
on the stairway with my pan full, he asked, "What did you do during the lunch<br />
break?"<br />
I sat down on the stairs, and we began to talk. The potatoes didn't make it to the<br />
kitchen until five-fifteen (an hour after I'd gone to get them). Peter didn't say<br />
anything more about his parents; we just talked about books and about the past.<br />
Oh, he gazes at me with such warmth in his eyes; I don't think it will take much<br />
for me to fall in love with him.<br />
He brought the subject up this evening. I went to his room after peeling potatoes<br />
and remarked on how hot it was. "You can tell the temperature by looking at Margot<br />
and me, because we turn white when it's cold and red when it's hot." I said.<br />
"In love?" he asked.<br />
"Why should I be in love?" It was a pretty silly answer (or, rather, question).<br />
"Why not?" he said, and then it was time for dinner.<br />
What did he mean? Today I finally managed to ask him whether my chatter bothered<br />
him. All he said was,<br />
"Oh, it's fine with me!" I can't tell how much of his reply was due to shyness.<br />
Kitty, I sound like someone who's in love and can talk about nothing but her<br />
dearest darling. And Peter is a darling. Will I ever be able to tell him that?<br />
Only if he thinks the same of me, but I'm the kind of person you have to treat<br />
with kid gloves, I know that all too well.<br />
And he likes to be left alone, so I don't know how much he likes me. In any case,<br />
we're getting to know each other a little better. I wish we dared to say more. But<br />
who knows, maybe that time will come sooner than I think!<br />
Once or twice a day he gives me a knowing glance, I wink back, and we're both<br />
happy. It seems crazy to talk about his being happy, and yet I have the<br />
overwhelming feeling he thinks the same way I do.<br />
Yours, Anne M. Frank<br />
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1944<br />
Dear Kitty,<br />
This is the first Saturday in months that hasn't been tiresome, dreary and boring.<br />
The reason is Peter. This morning as I was on my way to the attic to hang up my<br />
apron, Father asked whether I wanted to stay and practice my French, and I said<br />
yes. We spoke French together for a while and I explained something to Peter, and