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21: Maria  Oskar says that while the governments of Europe spent
all of their time and money gobbling up the metal of Europe,
Oskar was running out of drums. He did his best to destroy the
drum he had found in the post office because it reminded him of
his guilt over Jan's death, but it somehow survived his attack.
Oskar was convinced he would get a new guiltless drum for
Christmas, but he did not. He was sure the grownups had hidden
it from him; when he was proven wrong, he used his glass-
breaking voice for the first time in a long time, and shattered
all the decorations on the Christmas tree. Alfred could not
understand.  Since Oskar was too small to work in the store,
Alfred took on Maria Truczinski to work behind the counter.
Maria understood Oskar better than Alfred - she bought him a new
drum every four or five weeks.