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was is not a drawing, it is only
a scribble.
Vienna, February 17, 1938
I was not at school today
and am not going tomorrow either. I can‘t
fit into any of my shoes because of my bursitis
and also have a hard time
putting weight on my foot. I can’t do gymnastics,
not by any means. Probably I won’t
go to school until Monday.
In these three days I have not missed
very much. The Latin teacher
always gives us short homework assignments. The

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math teacher, of course, gives us
somewhat more homework but then I have
time to catch up on it.
Vienna, February 17
Just now I took a footbath.
The thing is, I have was smeared with Hepasol, a tar ointment.
I washed it off me.
In the meantime, Lisi
took my diary from me and
wanted to read it. But I didn‘t
want that and I took it away from her
and she said:
“I’ve read this scribble anyway.