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This time, they played it smarter. They ate one chestnut each and sold the rest of
them door to door.
If you have a few pfennig to spare, Liesel said at each house, I have chestnuts.
They ended up with sixteen coins.
Now, Rudy grinned, revenge.
That same afternoon, they returned to Frau Dillers, heil Hitlered, and waited.
Mixed candy again? She schmunzeled, to which they nodded. The money
splashed the counter and Frau Dillers smile fell slightly ajar.
Yes, Frau Diller, they said in unison. Mixed candy, please.
The framed Fhrer looked proud of them.
Triumph before the storm.
