Word: daane
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...Anne became a young woman. "Each time I have a period-and that has only been three times-I have a feeling that in spite of all the pain, unpleasantness and nastiness, I have a sweet secret . . ." By her 15th birthday she had fallen in love with Peter van Daan. In the evenings she would visit him in his tiny attic, and the two adolescents would talk for hours, hold hands and occasionally kiss goodnight. Anne was not sure how to behave ("I am so longing for a kiss, the kiss that is so long in coming"), and was relieved...
Through the tense months Anne kept firm hold of her sense of humor. When Mrs. van Daan appeared with an injured rib, Anne wrote: "That's what happens to elderly ladies who do such idiotic exercises to reduce their large behinds." When Dentist Dussel went to work on Mrs. van Daan's molars, Anne was gleefully reminded of "a picture from the Middle Ages entitled 'A Quack at Work.' " But she could make fun of herself too: her beloved diary she called "the unbosomings of an ugly duckling...