Make him look to the bottom right, wait a sec, run towards the doormat, after stepping onto the doormat, go diagonally through the doorway. Go vertical, he will see you, wait too long and he will see you. This way is much more consistent than running circles around the dude, see me Stealing a bunch of times, with the greatest ease. You are guaranteed succes with this method, just remember, enter the shop again and the owner will zapp you to death, so you won't get the true ending after entering again. You can get the true ending with the name THIEF though. If you want that, don't enter again after stealing.
So, tired of grinding your ass off to get that bow? Or Dampe's stuff? Or do you just want that shovel early game? Then THIEF will become your name and you shall rise to fame, for in this game, stealing is not lame. For in this game, Link is insane in the membrane! ;)
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