From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:
Today I got a lovely present from my father’s sister in Germany. She is my Aunt Paula and she is married but she doesn’t have any children. She sent me a beautiful chocolate fish that she made all by herself. It doesn’t taste like plain chocolate, like the Ghirardelli kisses. It’s much, much better. Grandmother calls it marzipan. There is a beautiful card with it. The card is an angel with golden hair and real forget-me-nots embroidered all over her dress. It is a beautiful dress and I wouldn’t mind being an angel if I could wear a dress like that.
I am going to write to Aunt Paula and tell her how much I liked the card and the candy and I want to send her something too, maybe a pen wiper.
Hilda takes the day off tomorrow and will return on November 8.