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about all she would be able to enjoy and that, among 

 other delights, there would be the woods ; as however, 

 her afternoon walk had only lain through the fields, 

 her mind was now absorbed with the one idea " where 

 was the wood ? " to the oblivion of everything else. 

 / 15 April : On this day the written question was put 

 :o her : " Why does Lola like going in the woods ? " 

 the reply was at once forthcoming, and I dictated it 

 to Frau Professor Kindermann. " Where there is 

 wood also deer and hare " she was not quite clear in 

 her spelling at first, indeed, in this respect she some- 

 times reminds one of a foreigner as also in the matter 

 of her grammatical mistakes. 



/The next day, after having done a few sums to please 

 some friends who were present, she was asked : " Who 

 is the dog in the room ? " " I ! " she replied not 

 " Lola " as we had all expected. (Rolf has as yet never 

 alluded to himself as " I " !) 



/Two days later she was asked in writing : " How 

 many dogs can reckon and spell ? " To this she began 

 her reply in a very brisk and lively mood, but soon 

 wavered, as though at a loss for the right expressions, 

 then followed a short pause and finally she resumed 

 her rapping with renewed animation. The reply, it 

 will be noticed, is detailed, and does not keep to the 

 plain question that had been put. " how many have 

 been taken (for it) ? Rolf talks, counts ; two more " 

 (short pause) " I also, also heinz and ilse." For, so 

 as to fire her ambition, I had told her about her brother 

 and sister, Heinz and Ilse. 



19 April : " Lola," I asked, " what was it that ran 

 away from you on the meadow ? " " cat ! " " What 

 did you want to do with the poor cat ? " " kill ! " 

 " Have you no pity ? " " no 1 " " Then is the cat 

 right if she kills you ? " " no I " " Why ? " (The 



