Ring! Ring! The bell signaling the end of recess rang, and I knew that we had to head back to the classroom.

At lunch, there was one hour and 10 minutes to eat and play (which is quite long), and we did this all outside. As I munched through my sandwich, I continued to work on the piece of blue A3 paper. It was okay for students to take stuff from the classroom, as long as the things you took were going to be temporary and sensible, like some paper, a book, but not stuff like the teacher’s motherboard, the class telephone or money.

Now I thought about problems with the plan: Will there be any detectors, cameras, guards or machines waiting for me? Will I have to snatch the prototype out of someone’s hand, a glass vase or swim deep in chocolate fudge to reach its manufacturing place? I had no plans on how to figure it out, but I was certain I could solve these issues when I arrived. I had stolen candy from factories before, and no one knew that I had taken a piece of candy. The companies manufactured so much of the candy that they would not even notice if 100 pieces of candy disappeared. I did not think that there would be any detectors, because on their website they said they did not think that there would be any thieves openly, and I don’t know why. Perhaps there was a secret reason to that. But never mind that for now; my plan was done! I decided to have some fun before the big heist, so I packed away my paper in my bag and returned the tools to their correct places, then went out to burn some calories from the sandwich by playing some soccer.

As lunch ended, the temptation for another thieving experience rose upon me. I barely paid any attention to the teacher in the afternoon, and did only for the last hour when the teacher asked me if I wanted detention today.

I did not because I needed to steal the candy bar that was rumored to be the best in the world this evening! I wanted to say no, but she probably would just bring me to the principal for talking crazy and making up attention-seeking stories. We had to pick a noun and research it for a month, and when the teacher wasn’t looking, I downloaded a blueprint and a map of Lengle’s Candy Department into a private and locked folder. I got 10 files ready to print, eight about catapults, one for the blueprint and one a map. I printed them. As I came downstairs, I quickly shoved the blueprint and the map into my locker behind my backpack, and locked the door.

The bell rang to signal the end of school, and while everybody poured out of the classrooms to pack their backpacks and rush out of the gates, I quietly got my backpack, the sheet of paper, the blueprint and the map. I had one more errand to do. I went to my teacher’s office, and as I walked in, I tugged the camera plug out, knowing where the secret plugs were. I took a 100-dollar bill from the desk drawer easily.

As I scanned the map, I saw a grocery store about 500 meters away from Lengle’s. I caught a taxi, and told the driver to go there. “Buying groceries for your parents?” he asked.

“Yep,” I said.

When we arrived half an hour later, he told me that the bill was 30 dollars. After I paid him, I walked into the grocery store, and pretended to look at milk while he left. When I was sure he was gone, I bought a few apples just to make it look like I was buying things like a normal person, and then scurried off to the factory.

I hurried through an alley that brushed the gates of Lengle’s Candy Department. Then, I found a hole in the ground. A few brown pieces of skin told me it was a snake nest. I got a long stick and poked the hole. Nothing, and when I looked up, I saw the stick on the other side.

Perfect! The hole was big Perfect! The hole was big enough for me, so I crawled through. It smelled damp and musty and of animal urine. I guess that a snake lived there previously. There was nobody watching, so I walked on, and found that some of the bricks were crumbling when I pressed against the factory wall. I removed them quickly, avoiding the bugs, and replaced the bricks. The room was lightly lit, and a great slide was sitting opposite the door. I found no other ways to access the chambers below, so I decided to use the slide.