The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

by Maria Augusta von Trapp

Things are blamed on the weather, on politics, on circumstances, on lack of vitamins, on inheritance; but they are rarely attributed to their one source.

And even Our Lord, when He was weary and tired out and wanted to be alone with His Father, ascended a mountain.

words are of no help when will meets will in a world beyond words.

“This morning we were told at the assembly that our parents are nice, old-fashioned people who don’t understand the new Party. We should leave them alone and not bother. We are the hope of the nation, the hope of the whole world. We should never mention at home what we learn at school now.”