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he fleas here. We get the stink, the itch and the bother.
Mrs. Van Daan can't stand the smell at night. Mr. Van Daan pretends to spray [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but he brings the chairs, blankets, etc. back again unsprayed. Just let the Franks stifle in their fleas.
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My First Day at the Lyceum
August 11, 1943
With a lot of fuss, talk, and planning, things were finally fixed so that I could register at the Lyceum and -- without an entrance exam! I was a poor student in every subject, but particularly in math, and I trembled as I thought of the geometry course that stared me in the face.
At the end of September, the mail brought the long- awaited letter announcing the date in October on which I was to report at the Lyceum. That day it rained cats and dogs, and it was impossible to go by bike. So I used the tram [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], together with plenty of others.
There was a big crowd at the school; groups of boys and girls stood about, chatting; some walked from one group to another, recognizing friends and acquaintances, and asking, "What class are you in?"
Aside from Lies Goosens, I hadn't discovered a single person I knew who would become a classmate, and that situation didn't strike me as very pleasant. The school doors opened [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and in our classroom we we