FIVE
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Some may also think of me as a stalker, or obsessive.
That may be true, but what else can I do.
Looking at dead bodies and picking up souls gets boring.
A little eavesdropping wouldn't hurt me.
I left Margarethe to herself for a few days.
Today was Saturday.
It was mid-afternoon.
Her date would be at night.
I was doing my rounds.
A small family of four caught a very awful cold.
All died but the youngest.
That hurt me most probably, taking away from those who are so young.
Leaving them alone.
With no one.
That's what I did with Liesel.
The older boy sat in my hands. His souls trying to slip through my finger tips.
He kept whispering to me.
"My brother. My brother. He needs me. He needs me."
He was trying to stay for his little brother.
"Dear boy." I told him. "You must understand it is your time. Do this for yourself. He'll be okay."
That's when he let go and drifted off.
Flying above me to the great beyond.
Off to stay with God and his family.
They were a good family.
Honest people.
They didn't deserve to die.
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Margarethe searched helplessly for a short to match her skirt.
Then she switched to a dress.
Then to jeans.
Finally she picked a flowing dress.
She looked at herself in the mirror and a tear ran down her cheek.
People often told her she looked like her mother.
She could see it now.
How similar they looked.
Oh how hard that would be for her!
Her brothers.
Her father.
Then she heard a knock on her door.
She smiled and tucked her hair back walking to the door.
That kind stranger, the sakruel, the man with the handkerchief. He stood there with a bunch of flowers in his hand.
How adorable.
Gross.
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The Heart Stealer
FanfictionA fanfic of The Book Thief, after all that Liesel went through, it all left so quickly|| Margarethe Meminger has lost her mother. She is left with no one to love her but her sweet, old father and two brothers along with their families, until she bum...
