The Hanneli came to pick me up, and we went to school. During recess I passed out cookies to my teachers and my class, and then it was time to get back to work. I didn't arrive home until five, since I went to gym with the rest of the class. ( I'm not allowed to take part beacuse my shoulders and hips tend to get dislocated. ) As it was my birthday, I got to decide which game my classmates would play, and I chose volleyball. Afterward they all danced around me in a circle and sang "Happy Birthday." When I got home, Sanne Ledermann was already there. Ilse Wagner, Hanneli Goslar, and Jocqueline van Maarsen came home with me after gym, since we're in the same class. Hanneli and Sanne used to be my two best friends. People who daw us together used to say, " There goes Anne, Hanne, and Sanne. " I only met Jacqueline van Maarsen when I started at the Jewish Lyceum, and now she's my best friend. Ilse is Hanneli's best friend, and Sanne goes to another school and has friends there.
They gave me a beautiful book, Dutch Sagas and Legends, but they gave me Volume 2 by mistake, so I exchanged two other books for Volume 1. Aunt Helene brought me a puzzle, Aunt Stephanie a darling brooch and Aunt Leny a terrific book: Daisy Goes to the Mountains.
This morning I lay in the bathtub thinking how wonderful it would be if I had a dog like Rin Tin TIn. I'd take him to school with me, where he could stay in the janitor's room or by the bicycle racks when the weather was good.
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Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl
Non-FictionA Jewish teenager who chronicled her family's two years (1942-44) in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.
