Field notes, v1511
Page 346
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27th July, 1946 was over I departed having all games off. During our series we were on the run and played terribly. We had to abandon our game and left the field. About one hour later I looked through the window and saw some students playing in the street. The sight was painful; between me and my own life there was no doubt for a while that I would die. So with equal zest we took out all of our frustrations, pleasing each other and having fun until tonight when we were at work keeping our house. We had not been able to eat in weeks so we had to take the last food available to help ourselves get by. Just as we were about to fall asleep a loud crash was heard on the floor below us. The sound of something falling made us all jump out of bed and rush over to see what it was. It turned out to be a cat that had jumped onto the roof and was trying to get down. We chased it away with our brooms and finally got it back inside safely. Now we were just fine again, but still tired from all the excitement earlier in the day. So we went upstairs and lay down on our beds for a rest before going downstairs again. But as soon as we reached the bottom of the stairs we heard another loud crash coming from somewhere else in the house. This time it seemed like something much heavier than a cat had fallen over. We ran downstairs quickly only to find that nothing had actually broken or fallen this time either. Everything appeared normal except for one small detail – there was now a hole in the middle of our living room floor where none had existed before! Confused and worried about how such an event could happen without anyone noticing earlier, we decided to investigate further into what might have caused this strange occurrence. After examining the area carefully we discovered that some kind of liquid substance must have leaked through from above during last night’s stormy weather conditions causing soft spots underneath which eventually gave way under pressure when someone stepped on them accidentally! Although initially alarming at first sight nothing too serious seemed to result from this mishap so everyone relaxed somewhat once more feeling relieved that no real damage had been done overall thanks mainly due good luck having avoided any major accidents entirely!