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I was weighed on Tuesday and I’ve lost 2 1/2 kilos since October. Rations! I’ve nicked a pot of jam. I hid it behind my bookshelf. I am ashamed of doing such things because I know I will have to confess them to you, my dear diary. I would never have stolen jam before, I don’t even like it, but now we eat so badly that I am always hungry. Today, for example, we had four lambs’ kidneys, 5 francs each. They weren’t on the ration card, they were very fatty though, and only as big as your thumb. And aside from the food, the gas doesn’t heat up properly (since the Bosches came it’s been useless). At twenty-five to one we still hadn’t had lunch and we had to leave [for school again] at twenty to. So I started with pudding, then ate some potatoes and swede (which still wasn’t cooked, so I left it) and finally left, munching on my minuscule kidney.