THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL : THE DEFINITIVE EDITION ... - Fidele

Recommendations

Info

My dearest Kitty, just for a change (since we haven't had one of these in so long) I'll recount a little discussion between Mr. and Mrs. van D. last night: Mrs. van D.: "The Germans have had plenty of time to fortify the Atlantic Wall, and they'll certainly do everything within their power to hold back the British. It's amazing how strong the Germans are!" Mr. van D.: "Oh, yes, amazing. Mrs. van D.: "It is!" Mr. van D.: "They are so strong they're bound to win the war in the end, is that what you mean?" Mrs. van D.: "They might. I'm not convinced that they won't." Mr. van D.: "I won't even answer that." Mrs. van D.: "You always wind up answering. You let yourself get carried away, every single time." Mr. van D.: "No, I don't. I always keep my answers to the bare minimum." Mrs. van D.: "But you always do have an answer and you always have to be right! Your predictions hardly ever come true, you know!" Mr. van D.: "So far they have." Mrs. van D.: "No they haven't. You said the invasion was going to start last year, the Finns were supposed to have been out of the war by now, the Italian campaign ought to have been over by last winter, and the Russians should already have captured Lemberg. Oh no, I don't set much store by your predictions." Mr. van D. (leaping to his feet): "Why don't you shut your trap for a change? I'll show you who's right; someday you'll get tired of needling me. I can't stand your bellyaching a minute longer. just wait, one day I'll make you eat your words!" (End of Act One.) Actually, I couldn't help giggling. Mother couldn't either, and even Peter was biting his lips to keep from laughing. Oh, those stupid grown-ups. They need to learn a few things first before they start making so many remarks about the younger generation! Since Friday we've been keeping the windows open again at night. Yours, Anne M. Frank What Our Annex Family Is Interested In (A Systematic Survey of Courses and Readina Matter) Mr. van Daan. No courses; looks up many things in Knaur's Encyclopedia and Lexicon; likes to read detective stories, medical books and love stories, exciting or trivial. Mrs. van Daan. A correspondence course in English; likes to read biographical novels and occasionally other kinds of novels.
Mr. Frank. Is learning English (Dickens!) and a bit of Latin; never reads novels, but likes serious, rather dry descriptions of people and places. Mrs. Frank. A correspondence course in English; reads everything except detective stories. Mr. Dussel. Is learning English, Spanish and Dutch with no noticeable results; reads everything; goes along with the opinion of the majority. Peter van Daan. Is learning English, French (correspondence course), shorthand in Dutch, English and German, commercial correspondence in English, woodworking, economics and sometimes math; seldom reads, sometimes geography. Margot Frank. Correspondence courses in English, French and Latin, shorthand in English, German and Dutch, trigonometry, solid geometry, mechanics, phys- ics, chemistry, algebra, geometry, English literature, French literature, German literature, Dutch literature, bookkeeping, geography, modern history, biology, economics; reads everything, preferably on religion and medicine. Anne Frank. Shorthand in French, English, German and Dutch, geometry, algebra, history, geography, art history, mythology, biology, Bible history, Dutch literature; likes to read biographies, dull or exciting, and history books (sometimes novels and light reading). FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1944 Dearest Kitty, I felt rotten yesterday. Vomiting (and that from Anne!), headache, stomachache and anything else you can imagine. I'm feeling better today. I'm famished, but I think I'll skip the brown beans we're having for dinner. Everything's going fine between Peter and me. The poor boy has an even greater need for tenderness than I do. He still blushes every evening when he gets his good-night kiss, and then begs for another one. Am I merely a better substitute for Boche? I don't mind. He's so happy just knowing somebody loves him. After my laborious conquest, I've distanced myself a little from the situation, but you mustn't think my love has cooled. Peter's a sweetheart, but I've slammed the door to my inner self; if he ever wants to force the lock again, he'll have to use a harder crowbar! Yours, Anne M. Frank SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1944 Dearest Kitty, Last night when I came down from the attic, I noticed, the moment I entered the room, that the lovely vase of carnations had fallen over. Mother was down on her hands and knees mopping up the water and Margot was fishing my papers off the floor. "What happened?" I asked with anxious foreboding, and before they could reply, I assessed the damage from across the room. My entire genealogy file, my notebooks, my books, everything was afloat. I nearly cried, and I was so upset I started speaking German. I can't remember a word, but according to Margot I babbled something about "unlioersehbarer Schaden, schrecklich, entsetzlich, nie zu ersetzen"* [* Incalculable loss, terrible, awful, irreplaceable.] and much more. Fadier burst out laughing and Modier and Margot joined in, but I felt like crying
Page 1 and 2:
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL : THE DEF
Page 3 and 4:
In this edition, the helpers are no
Page 5 and 6:
Henny Mets is a nice girl with a ch
Page 7 and 8:
My father, the most adorable father
Page 9 and 10:
pages Mr. Keesing had assigned me a
Page 11 and 12:
"Now my grandmother wants me to see
Page 13 and 14:
Dearest Kitty, It seems like years
Page 15 and 16:
whom were told anything. Here's a d
Page 17 and 18:
on the radio. I was so scared someo
Page 19 and 20:
off the table. Suddenly I saw a not
Page 21 and 22:
You see, Mrs. van Daan, Mother Said
Page 23 and 24:
"Hey, Anne, can't I even take a pee
Page 25 and 26:
van Daans, especially Mrs. van Daan
Page 27 and 28:
fishwife. It was a joy to behold. I
Page 29 and 30:
Bye-bye, Anne SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3,
Page 31 and 32:
murdered. The English radio says th
Page 33 and 34:
fuse box was at the rear of the dar
Page 35 and 36:
just a coincidence that Father and
Page 37 and 38:
To provide ourselves with a source
Page 39 and 40:
Dispossessed Persons Open all year
Page 41 and 42:
I get frightened myself when I thin
Page 43 and 44:
you. I received a Kewpie doll, Fath
Page 45 and 46:
gone to fat from eating potatoes, d
Page 47 and 48:
Everyone thinks I'm showing off whe
Page 49 and 50:
Dearest Kitty, Mrs. van D. has a ne
Page 51 and 52:
Our evening serving of bread has be
Page 53 and 54:
office were neatly grouped around t
Page 55 and 56:
about if I listen to your prayers t
Page 57 and 58:
lived in such comfortable circumsta
Page 59 and 60:
"We've got experience! Take it from
Page 61 and 62:
someone who's cooped up. Our only d
Page 63 and 64:
of sugar, our entire allotment. It
Page 65 and 66:
and the hope that the war will be o
Page 67 and 68:
kept during the day. In the next ro
Page 69 and 70:
look at him long, because the time
Page 71 and 72:
Everywhere I go, upstairs or down,
Page 73 and 74:
Five-thirty. Bep's arrival signals
Page 75 and 76:
eing too optimistic. The British ha
Page 77 and 78:
to have to part with her fur coat.
Page 79 and 80:
If I'm engrossed in a book, I have
Page 81 and 82:
the occasion, but Mrs. van Daan, wh
Page 83 and 84:
Most of the time the tickle refused
Page 85 and 86:
us. Anne WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 19
Page 87 and 88:
keep a secret, no matter what happe
Page 89 and 90:
It's funny, but I often have such v
Page 91 and 92:
I think Mother believes that Margot
Page 93 and 94:
I think it's horrible that you can'
Page 95 and 96:
time he'd finished, I felt so much
Page 97 and 98:
unselfish people do, risking their
Page 99 and 100:
Our provisions are holding out fair
Page 101 and 102:
Dearest Kitty, The sun is shining,
Page 103 and 104:
"I did my best, but I couldn't find
Page 105 and 106:
It's Saturday again, and that shoul
Page 107 and 108:
P.S. Thoughts: To Peter. We've been
Page 109 and 110: P.S. We'd be delighted if you could
Page 111 and 112: Yours, Anne M. Frank FRIDAY, MARCH
Page 113 and 114: on the outside! Who will be the fir
Page 115 and 116: Yours, Anne M. Frank WEDNESDAY, MAR
Page 117 and 118: Yesterday afternoon I was so worn o
Page 119 and 120: with green peas, yesterday he had t
Page 121 and 122: I've told you more about myself and
Page 123 and 124: That was the nicest thing he said a
Page 125 and 126: However, as you wrote, I do think o
Page 127 and 128: could understand how he must have f
Page 129 and 130: you further and also makes you feel
Page 131 and 132: Yours, Anne TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1944
Page 133 and 134: oard, the police, the officials-the
Page 135 and 136: Peter filled my days, nothing but P
Page 137 and 138: "That sounds fishy," I said to Marg
Page 139 and 140: comforted Mrs. van Daan, who was ve
Page 141 and 142: "We've been saved, keep on saving u
Page 143 and 144: drooling. Miep immediately picked h
Page 145 and 146: sounds of a break-in again. It must
Page 147 and 148: celebrate your birthday when you've
Page 149 and 150: questions and laughter. I have to a
Page 151 and 152: Yours, Anne M. Frank WEDNESDAY, MAY
Page 153 and 154: Dearest Kitty, Last night before di
Page 155 and 156: Miep drank ten schnapps and smoked
Page 157 and 158: Poor Mouschi! How were you to know
Page 159: And now something else. You've know
Page 163 and 164: circles where once it would have be
Page 165 and 166: us, but they're able to put the Ann
Page 167 and 168: has a cold. Dussel caught with brew
Page 169 and 170: with music and the other arts are m
Page 171 and 172: struggled to keep my eyes open unti
Page 173 and 174: The mood has changed, everything's
Page 175 and 176: Yours, Anne M. Frank SATURDAY, JULY
Page 177 and 178: But I've talked about these things
Page 179 and 180: truth, the whole truth and nothing
Page 181 and 182: Miep Santrouschitz Gies is still li
show all

THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL : THE DEFINITIVE EDITION ... - Fidele

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?