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[[left page]] 216 all night. We gave the old cat a bath and now he sleeps on the couch all day. His appetite is excellent & he seems to enjoy it here. Doris [[/left page]] [[right page]] Stoughton Mass 16 July 1945 Dear [[strikethrough]]Ma[[/strikethrough]] Sid: It has been a busy forenoon for us. Doris and I have started on our learning up. We cut off a few limbs today & started using the big saw on a maple that the last wind blew over between us & Pete's. The maple had been scraped on one side for 5 feet at some earlier date, - I suppose it interfered with Pete's garden or something, & was thus weakened. Two such trees have been thus disposed of on his boundary within a few years. I hope he is satisfied. But it lies over the path out back & we have to get rid of it. We will do it slowly and hope to have it cut before you come. I went down town early to [[/right page]]