Someplace to Be Flying

Rory laughed. "Borrowing is when you ask permission first-and then return whatever it is you've borrowed."
He looked at Kerry, adding, "They're incorrigible. They'll stick whatever they want in their pockets and we're not just talking gum and candy bars here. The time we almost got busted they were lugging this huge disco ball out of a junk shop."
"We wanted to hang it in our tree," Zia said.
"But why would you do that?" Kerry Asked.
Zia shrugged. "We thought it would look pretty."
"And we knew it would drive all the magpie crazy with jealousy," Maida added.

-Charles de Lint. Someplace to Be Flying