How It All Goes Down
- In Winter 1943, Ryś is hospitalized for pneumonia. He returns as the snow melts in the spring.
- We're told it's Spring 1943, not Spring 1944, when the president of Warsaw tells Jan he wants to rebuild and restore the zoo.
- Jan is thrilled.
- But the director of the Parks and Gardens opposes this for some reason and tells the Germans to fire Jan.
- Nevertheless, the Polish vice-president intercepts the complaint and instead transfers Jan to the Pedagogic Museum, so that he won't lose all his income and his house.
- One day, while Jan is at work, Antonina visits a friend's house for a bath. While she is there, German soldiers inspect the house and wonder why Antonina, an undocumented visitor, is in this house.
- It's a tense moment, but the soldiers don't do anything to Antonina.
- In June, Antonina gives birth to a daughter, Teresa.
- Teresa's christening is celebrated on July 10.
- Maurycy's hamster drinks too much honeyed vodka and dies. But the new baby evens out the population.