When it comes to my feelings, Mother and Margot ceased to count long ago. But why do I bother you with this foolishness?
I'm terribly ungrateful, Kitty, I know, but when I've been scolded for the umpteenth time
and have all these other woes to think about as well, my head begins to reel! Yours, Anne
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1942
Dearest Kitty, We've been using too much electricity and have now exceeded our ration.
The result: excessive economy and the prospect of having the electricity cut off.
No light for fourteen days; that's a pleasant thought, isn't it? But who knows, maybe it won't be so long!
It's too dark to read after four or four-thirty, so we while away the time with all kinds of crazy activities:
telling riddles, doing calisthenics in the dark, speaking English or French, reviewing books -- after a while everything gets boring.
Yesterday I discovered a new pastime: using a good pair of binoculars to peek into the lighted rooms of the neighbors.
During the day our curtains can't be opened, not even an inch, but there's no harm when it's so dark.
I never knew that neighbors could be so interesting. Ours are, at any rate.
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