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We're being plagued with yet another problem: Mouschi's fleas. We didn't know that people could be bitten by cat fleas, but they can.
Yesterday when I was upstairs I found a flea on my leg, ten minutes later when I was downstairs I nabbed another one, and last night when I was sitting on Dussel's bed, I felt another one crawling down my leg, but the little pest slipped through my fingers - they're incredibly fast. This morning I was getting dressed over by the cupboard when I saw another one of those wondrous creatures, walking along without a care in the world. A flea that walks as well as jumps is a new experience for me. I picked it up and squeezed as hard as I could, but Mr Flea hopped away again. Sighing, I got undressed and subjected my naked body and my clothes to a thorough examination until I finally found the flea in my knickers. A second later, it was off with his head.
WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 1943