page 118 — August 1941

Two people came to see us [about the chickens], saying that we’ve 10 old, and 7 pullets worth keeping. They dissected (tore apart!) one which died recently—either a parasite or avian TB. zpt zsa

Thursday 14^th

… At 3 o’clock I listened to an important announcement by Attlee—it was a statement of our Peace aims, which seem pretty good … zpl zrc

Smolensk has been evacuated by the Russians, who are also withdrawing in the Ukraine. zru zlb

Sunday 17^th

We spent the morning dissecting Archibald [the grasshopper] who passed away during the night. Mommy made a lovely coffin and Daddy wrote a beautiful epitaph [see 31^st Dec.]. It was very interesting dissecting the creature. zfl zsa zpt