Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl

Chapter 1

June 12, 1942

I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.

Comment Added By Anne on September 28, 1942:

So far you truly have been a great source of comfort to me, and so has Kitty, whom I now write to regularly. THis way of keeping a diary is much nicer, and now I can hardly wait for those moments when I'm able to write to you.
Oh, I'm so glad I brought you along!

Sunday, June 14, 1942

I'll begin from the moment I got you, the moment I saw you lying on the table among my other birthday presents. ( I went along, when you were bought, but that doesn't count. )
On Friday, June 12, I was awake at six o'clock, which isn't suprising since it was my birthday. BUt, I'm not allowed to get up at that hour, so I had to control my curisity until quarter to seven. When I couldn't wait any longer, I went to the dining room, where Moorje ( the cat ) welcome me by rubbing against my legs.
A little after seven I went to Daddy and Mama and then to the living room to open my presents, and you were the first I saw, maybe one of my nicest presents. Then a bouquet of roses, some peonies and a potted plant. From Daddy and Mama I got a blue blouse, a game, a bottle of grape juice, which to my mind tastes a bit like wine ( after all, wine is made from grapes ), a puzzle, a jar of cold cream, 2,50 guilders and a gift certificate for two books. I got another book as well, Camera Obscura ( but Margot also already has it, so I exchanged mine for something else ), a platter of homemade cookies ( which I made myself, of course since I've become quite an expert at baking cookies ), lots of candy and a strawberry tart from Mother. And a letter from Grammy, right on time, but of course that was just a coincidence.