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war with the Priest's robe and fought over the stick in the incense pot.

The food is much better now. We have taken possession of the Café near the canal and have rigged up a temporary kitchen in the woodshed. Harry ran across the Quaker Oats box recently and every morning we have oatmeal which is a lot better than prune jam on stale army bread. This bread is certainly remarkable stuff. It comes in freight cars from the interior and is usually two weeks old before we get it. It is often brittle, like a piece of wood, and is about as palatable as soft pine. However, it is supposed to be nourishing and I think that it is really more wholesome than our own American white bread.