ANNE'SBESTFRIEND
Doyouwantafriendwhomyoucouldtelleverythingto,likeyourdeepestfeelingsandthoughts?Orareyouafraidthatyourfriendwouldlaughatyou,orwouldnotunderstandwhatyouaregoingthrough?AnneFrankwantedthefirstkind,soshemadeherdiaryherbestfriend.
AnnelivedinAmsterdamintheNetherlandsduringWorldWarII.HerfamilywasJewishsotheyhadtohideortheywouldbecaughbyGermanNazis.Sheandhefamilyhidawayfornearlytwenty-fivemonthsbeforetheywerediscovered.Duringthattimetheonlyturefriendwasherdiary.Shesaid,"Idon'twanttosetdownaseriesoffactsinadiaryasmostpeopledo,butIwantthisdiaryitsefttobeemyfriend,andIshallcallmyfriendKitty."NowreadhowshefeltafterbeinginthehidingplacesinceJuly1942.
Thursday15thJune,1944
DearKilly,
Iwonderifit'sbecauseIhaven'tbeenabletobeoutdoorsforsolongthatI'vegrownsocrazyabouteverythingtodowithnature.Icanwellremeberthattherewasatimewhenadeepbluesky,thesongofthebirds,moonlightandflowerscouldneverhavekeptmespellbould.That'schangedsinceIwashere.
...Forexample,oneeveningwhenitwassowarm,Istayedawakeonpurposeuntilhalfpasteleveninordertohaveagoodlookatthemoonbymyself.Butasthemoongavefartoomuchlight,Ididn'tdareopenawindow.Anothertimefivemonthsago,Ihappenedtobeupstairsatdarkwhenthewindowwasopen.Ididn'tgodownstairsuntilthewindowhadtobeshut.Thedark,rainyevening,thewind,thethunderingcloudsheldmeentirelyintheirpower;itwasthefirsttimeinayearandahalfthatI'dseenthenightfacetoface...
...sadly...Iamonlyabletolookatnaturethoughtditlycurtainshangingbrforeverydustywindows.It'snopleasurelookingthoughttheseanylongerbecausenatureisonethingthatreallymustbeexperienced.
Yours,
Anne
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