we see how much we have achieved. Today every customer who comes to
our kitchen knows that he has to be on time, cleanly dressed, hair combed
and hands and face washed. The children know that the rooms have to look
nice, and so we decorated them with newspapers and pictures glued to the
walls. The children chose to set up a number of committees among themselves:
Hygiene Committee, which concerns itself with the children’s cleanliness;
a Decoration Committee, which has already decorated the rooms; an
Entertainment Committee, which organizes light entertainment; and a Nature
Committee, which looks after the flowers and ensures that the flower pots
are watered on a daily basis. [[11]] and [. . .] Yiddish literature [. . .] clothes and
shoes [. . .] we see how much [. . .] for us: in the present difficult [. . .] we should
learn and educate ourselves and not forget [. . .] we still remember from school.
We must look decent and our assigned rooms should be aesthetic. From the
bottom of our hearts we thank all of those who concern themselves with our
welfare and take care of us.
Zlata Nadel
[[12]] [. . .] one can [. . .] cold in the room. Indeed, in the room [. . .] where a civilised person [. . .] to shelter from the cold. In the room a [. . .] fire was burning,
replacing in wintertime the warmth of the sun. Because everything is expensive, coal and clothes, food which provides us with inner warmth, we hoped that with the summer, everything would improve. It was soon spring. The sun showed itself little by little, the days became [longer] and it got warmer. The world became greener. Trees began to leaf and everything seemed more cheerful. Oh, how wonderful spring air smells! As you walk around the city, everything is green, all green like a green carpet that covers the earth. I think back to the winter, to the cold and the frost. I realize now just how precious spring is for me. Spring reminds me of youth of man.
[
[13]] As he [. . .] regret [. . .] gave that [. . .] food [. . .] possibility to get outside of
the walls [. . .] into the country. Spring displays itself in nature, as does summer
in all its splendour. I believe that in another summer we will be able to enjoy
it as we should.
Ester Goldwaser
[[14]] [. . .] from mainly [. . .] Sholem Aleichem wrote [. . .] for adults and extensively
for children. Sholem Aleichem [. . .] of all writers. Our writers earnestly
