MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1942
Dearest Kitty,
. Nic. e didnt make mucs and lig supply, ten minutes, but as long as doesnt matter. Mr. van Daan made a menora of aken care of too.
St. Nicurday our curiosity ed to somet eigrooped doairs tc gave me tairs!) to tc, since t .
quot;O; we all cried.
In t decorated er.
e quickly took t upstairs tle gift for everyone, including an appropriate verse. Since youre famte eac. Nic copy them down for you.
I received a Ke bookends, and so on. ell any of us ed St. Nicime to begin.
Yours, Anne
PS. e also s for everyone doairs, a fe over from teful for money.
today ery to me!
thURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1942
Dearest Kitty,
Mr. van Daan used to be in t, sausage and spice business. , to our great deligs alents t have come in handy now.
e ordered a large amount of meat (under ter, of course) t o preserve in case times ao make brat, sausages and mett. I c t times. ts to t and used a long pipe to force ture into the casings.
e ate t for lunc to be canned, o dry first, so into laug was suc.
tcter t t. ted apron, crying to do everyt once: learning Dutc of a book, stirring tc, sig s o get rid of t beion and ting next to tove dabbing ea. Pim, seated in t o move to stay out of tism must ly er , atoes. rigo it, none of us ching Mr. van Daan.
Dussel al practice. Just for fun, Ill describe t patient.
Mot victim, sat do, and vaseline, eet made ter inco cries every time oucer a
lengtion (lengt actually took no longer tes), Dussel began to scrape out a cavity. But Mrs. van D. ention of letting il Dussel finally let go of . . . remained stuck in Mrs. van D.s toot really did it!
Mrs. van D. las ions, cried (as mucrument like t in your moutried to remove it, but only managed to pus in even fart of ter. Of course, t was very mean of us.
If itd been me, Im sure I deal of squirming, kicking, screaming and sing, Mrs. van D. finally managed to yank t, and Mr. Dussel on Mrs. van D. didnt ime to pull any more s tants; Mr. van D.
and I performed our job itledquot; A Quack at ork.quot; In time, ient ting restless, since so keep an eye on quot;; soup and quot;her”
food. One tain: itll be a ment!
Yours, Anne
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1942
Dearest Kitty,
Im sitting office, peering out tains. Its dusky, but t enoug to e by.
Its really strange c. to be in suc trip over t. t I cant even tell icularly attractive to look at. ty you to toucen-foot pole. Real slum kids and a hey say.
Yesterday afternoon, aking a bat; if ook a fisuck tub, washen. . .”
quot;And tomorro as dirty and tattered as t; Margot replied.
But Im babbling. to look at cars, boats and treetcar and the children and Im enjoying myself.
Our ts are subject to as little curning from to food, from food to politics. By terday as t one of t gave me suco ties and une.
Across from us is a . tain lives ttle dog only by its bark and by its tail, a ss just started raining and most of ts, and noocking-capped ually, I dont even need to look. By no a glance: gone to fat from eating potatoes, dressed in a red or green coat and s are eitheir husbands.
Yours, Anne
tUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1942
Dearest Kitty,
ted to ra quarter pound of butter for Cmas. According to titled to t tion books from t, not Je ration books on t. Eaco bake sometter. tcs very busy upstairs, and Mot Im not to do any studying or reading until all the household chores have been finished.
Mrs. van Daan is lying in bed nursing antly demands t tisfied s back on and can clean up after admit, sraordinarily , and as long as sal condition, se cheerful.
As if I dont ;s; enoug;too muc; noise, my dear roommate ;s; to me all nigoo. According to even turn over. I refuse to take any notice of time o s back.
s more exasperating and egotistical as t for t ic ularly infuriating on Sundays, to exercise for ten minutes.
to me, torment seems to last for o make my bed longer are constantly being jiggled under my sleepy er rounding off h a few vigorous arm swings, his Lordship begins dressing.
o get it and t my bed. But ie is on table, so once again the chairs.
But I mustnt e any more of your time griping about disgusting old men. It ters anyu nately o be abandoned in terests of peace.
O to be reasonable about everytudying, listen ing, ongues, knoo begin oo quickly and I by time the war is over.
Yours, Anne