大象传媒

I was only 4 when the war began, and my mother protected me from it by not saying anything that would upset or frighten me.

I do remember the rationing, but luckily we had friends who owned a shop, and they always saw we had enough鈥� we were still rationed, but they saw that we never went without. We had two big vases on the fireplace. One was full of tea. The other was full of sugar. I will never forget mother pointing her finger at me and saying, 鈥� Now, you must never, NEVER tell anyone what鈥檚 in those vases.鈥� Of course I never did tell anyone 鈥� I never dared!

The blackout was something else I remember. Mother sent me to the shop, which was only 2 doors away, to get the groceries. The shop keeper said to me,鈥� You know where you鈥檙e going don鈥檛 you?鈥� He told me exactly where to go when I left the shop so I wouldn鈥檛 get lost in the blackout. I left the shop and walked straight into a wall!

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