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The rain hammered the van roof while Molly studied the bright birthday banner across the street through binoculars. Bill sat beside her eating stolen cake pops and pretending this was a perfectly normal Tuesday afternoon stakeout. She whispered, "That bouncy castle is hiding at least forty presents, Bill, and I intend to liberate every single glittery one." Bill licked frosting from his thumb and squinted toward the clown juggling near the crowded front gate. He replied, "Molly, stealing from children feels wrong, mostly because they scream louder than bank alarms during lunch." A parade of parents carried gift bags inside while a magician produced scarves, rabbits, balloons, and suspicious amounts of confetti everywhere. Molly said, "Exactly, so we go in as entertainers, smile sweetly, and nobody questions the adults carrying presents out." She pulled two rainbow wigs, oversized shoes, rubber noses, and a kazoo from her enormous duffel bag. Bill groaned, "I draw the line at kazoo solos, Molly, because last time neighbors called police, firefighters, and animal control." Molly ignored him and drew a map on a napkin using ketchup, mustard, sprinkles, and pure criminal confidence. The plan required entering through the garden, distracting the children, swapping presents for weighted decoys, and escaping before cake. She explained, "We replace each present with a box of socks so the table keeps looking gloriously full." He said, "Socks? Children fear socks, Molly. That is not camouflage; that is psychological warfare against tiny party guests." Outside, eight children chased a piñata donkey across wet grass while parents filmed everything and cheered encouragingly. Molly checked her watch, adjusted her wig, and practiced juggling three oranges with catastrophic lack of talent. Molly ordered, "You distract them with balloon animals while I wheel the present table toward the side gate." Bill protested, "My balloon animals all look like sausages, including the giraffes, poodles, swans, and supposedly majestic unicorns." She handed him a pump, three hundred balloons, and instructions written in glitter pen on a pizza box. Molly declared, "Perfect, sausages are festive, mysterious, and nobody will suspect our brilliant getaway plan at all." Bill stared at the pump as if it might explode, then reluctantly began inflating a long blue sausage. Across the street, the birthday girl wore a cardboard crown and commanded her guests like a tiny general. She demanded cake, music, pony rides, treasure hunts, and absolute loyalty from everyone holding a juice box. Molly admired that leadership while taping presents to a mental inventory divided by size, sparkle, and resale value. The van contained ropes, trolleys, decoy boxes, sandwich supplies, three umbrellas, and an emergency bubble machine for distractions. At four, parents would gather for photographs beneath the oak tree, leaving the gift table unattended briefly. That tiny window offered ninety seconds of opportunity, provided the clown, magician, and roaming goat cooperated with them. Molly zipped the duffel, Bill pocketed the pump, and together they crossed the street, grinning like entertainers whose act depended entirely on timing, courage, confetti, and questionable judgment.