Page 153 - The Book Thief

THE ARYAN SHOPKEEPER

They stood outside Frau Dillers, against the whitewashed wall.

A piece of candy was in Liesel Memingers mouth.

The sun was in her eyes.

Despite these difficulties, she was still able to speak and argue.

ANOTHER CONVERSATION *
BETWEEN RUDY AND LIESEL
Hurry up, Saumensch, thats ten already.

Its not, its only eightIve got two to go.
Well, hurry up, then. I told you we should have gotten a knife
and sawn it in half. . . . Come on, thats two.
All right. Here. And dont swallow it.
Do I look like an idiot?
[A short pause]
This is great, isnt it?
It sure is, Saumensch.

At the end of August and summer, they found one pfennig on the ground. Pure
excitement.

It was sitting half rotten in some dirt, on the washing and ironing route. A
solitary corroded coin.

Take a look at that!

Rudy swooped on it. The excitement almost stung as they rushed back to Frau
Dillers, not even considering that a single pfennig might not be the right price.