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Besides telling stories and playing soccer, Rudy and Liesel would take mrs. Huberman's laundry to the customers. Liesel wasn't supposed to have company, but Rudy said he wouldn't tell anyone. Sometimes they'd use some of the money to buy some candy to share. It was usually only one piece of candy, but they shared it anyway.

Rudy and Liesel became friends. The would always play soccer together. He told her about one time when he was watching the Olympics, he was inspired by one athlete from America. One evening, Rudy covered himself in mid and ran down to the track field and pretended he was first place in the Olympics. His dad didn't like that at all. But Rudy felt on too of the world.

Liesel spent a lot of time playing soccer on Himmel street. At first the other kids made her be goalie because she was new, and nothing really happened on her end of the field because her team usually kept it on the other side. But sometimes Rudy would get the ball and come down her way. She'd always try to save the ball from going past her, but he was very good at soccer.

Papa to the rescue! So far, Liesel was not happy living in her new home, mostly because her and Mama were not kindred spirits. Papa and her were though. Papa taught Liesel how to roll a cigarette and soon enough Liesel took a bath.

Once inside the house. Mama set up the rules. First: Liesel would call her Mama and call her foster dad Papa. Second: she need to take a bath as soon as humanly possible. Liesel refused to the bath. For at least a week she would not take a bath. Mama was furious and would yell at her and loose her temper. Maybe all Liesel needed was a gentler approach.

Once pried out off her mama's leg, Liesel was off to her foster parents' home. The first thing she did at the house was hold on to the fence for dear life. Her new mama was screaming a few choice words and yelling at the neighbors and was trying to pry her foster daughter off the gate. Things can only get better from there.

After the sad ceremony, mom and daughter were back on the train, off to their original destination. Liesel was ping to her new foster parents home in Germany, where she would be safe and cared for. Once in the Molching station, Liesel was a wreck. Screaming and kicking and hanging to her mama for dear life. She did not want to go "home"

Liesel, her mom, and brother were on their way to molching, Germany when her brother was taken by death. When the train stopped, the mother and daughter held a short yet painful funeral for the young boy. On this sad day, Liesel found an abandoned book in the heavy snow and picked it up. And the book thief is born.