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The writer says stealing lumber to build shacks is important.

The statement names theft and its purpose without explaining the circumstances. It may be a reminder to include this event in a longer account.

A four-line handwritten note: 'Stealing the / lumber to build / the shacks is / important'.

The note marks a story beat, the theft of lumber for shacks, as something that must be kept in the account. The flat word 'important' works as an instruction from the writer to himself about what the setting needs.