VOSHN 9

<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="006"><tr><td class="etesti">006</td><td class="edate">At 6:30 a.m. on August 6<sup>th</sup>, 1945</td><td class="eage">18 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>We haven't seen our mice this morning, have we?</td></tr></table><table summary="haikei"><tr><td class="bg" background="../../photo/img109.jpg"><div class="large"><p>We talked about our mice at the breakfast table.  In those days, in preparation for incendiary bombing, all our ceiling boards had been removed.  So we could see the rafters and other beams above us.  It was usual for us to see some mice moving around above us while having our breakfast.</p><p>That particular morning, however, we didn't see any mice up there.  No one could ever imagine that this beginning was a bad omen for our day, though.  We just talked to each other and said, "We haven't seen our mice this morning, have we?"</p></div></td></tr></table></body>