I simply let the words bounce right off me! Madame now has a new trick up her sleeve: trying to get out of washing the pots and pans.
If there's a bit of food left at the bottom of the pan, she leaves it to spoil instead of transferring it to a glass dish.
Then in the afternoon when Margot is stuck with cleaning all the pots and pans, Madame exclaims, “Oh, poor Margot, you have so much work to do!”
Every other week Mr. Kleiman brings me a couple of books written for girls my age.
I'm enthusiastic about the Joop ter Heul series. I've enjoyed all of Cissy van Marxveldt's books very much.
I've read The Zaniest Summer four times, and the ludicrous situations still make me laugh.
Father and I are currently working on our family tree, and he tells me something about each person as we go along.
I've begun my schoolwork. I'm working hard at French, cramming five irregular verbs into my head every day.
But I've forgotten much too much of what I learned in school. Peter has taken up his English with great reluctance.
A few schoolbooks have just arrived, and I brought a large supply of notebooks, pencils, erasers and labels from home.
Pim (that's our pet name for Father) wants me to help him with his Dutch lessons.
I'm perfectly willing to tutor him in exchange for his assistance with French and other subjects.
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