thURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1944

    Dearest Kitty,

    Invasion fever is mounting daily t try. If you ions, t laug all t may all be for nothing!

    tatements as: quot;In t of a Britis to defend try, even flooding it, if necessary.quot; tential flood areas marked. Since large portions of Amsterdam ion reets rose to above our s. tricky question elicited a variety of responses:

    quot;Itll be impossible to er.”

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    quot;O imagine ts biting their legs!”

    (t was a man, of course; well see w!)

    quot;e  even be able to leave table itll collapse if theres a flood.”

    quot;Listen, everyone, all joking aside, ry and get a boat.”

    quot;ter idea. e can eacake a packing crate from ttic and roh a wooden spoon.”

    quot;Im going to ilts. I used to be a  w;

    quot;Jan Gies  need to.  ilts.”

    So no you, Kit? ted banter is all very amusing, but reality ion about to arise: erdam?

    quot;Leave ty along hers. Disguise ourselves as well as we can.”

    quot;ever  go outside! t to do is to stay put! tire population of o Germany, wheyll all die.”

    quot;Of course ay  place.

    ell try to talk Kleiman and o coming o live  s ask Miep and Kleiman to bring some blankets, just in case. And ra cereal grains to supplement ty-five pounds o find some more beans. At t  about sixty-five pounds of beans and ten pounds of