Diary Summaries

*June 10, 1961
It's a Saturday late at night, and the light goes on and off all the time. Anita does not know what time it is anymore because they don't have electric clocks where they are. Anita is starting to wonder and figuring out small, not important things.

*June 11, 1961
It's the second Sunday of hiding, and Anita misses the old family gatherings. Anita always asks her mom about Papi and Tio Toni. Anita was full of questions, until her mother told her that they were alive, and she started crying. Tio Pepe gave Anita some advice about how to survive with great minds, so Anita remembers when she was little with Papi and Tio Toni. It was her b-day so she wished Papi and Tio Toni were free and together as a family.

*July 3, 1961
It was Monday night, and the little Mancini girls went into the room and started playing with Mrs. Mancini's make up and scared Anita and her mom. They were about to enter the closet, when suddenly Oscar and later Mrs. Mancini came. They were playing cards, and the one card that was turned over was: the queen of hearts!

*July 15, 1961
It was Saturday morning, and they heard on Radio Swan : "Long live the butterflies!" Anita's mother told her stories about Papi and Tio Toni, about their plan and how things got worse. She also explained about the butterflies and the secret plot.