Grandpa's Sister / Synchronized Swimming - S4-E12
Continuity mistake: Synchronized Swimming: In the pool scene at the beginning, we see a close-up shot of Connie and Maria. In the next shot, they are nowhere to be found. The three kids surrounding the pool in the beginning also disappear. (This happens because the opening shots are reused from the episode "Sixth Grade Girls.") (00:12:01)
Answer: The episode doesn't really elaborate on who the kid was and what his motives were, so its pure speculation as to why he took it. Perhaps the kid could simply want a ball all for himself and decided to just take it, or was simply a rotten kid. The truth is the kid's motives are not important to the story other than it highlights Arnold was having a lot of trouble getting through the list.
Lummie ★