Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold - S4-E7
Other mistake: Love and Cheese: When Arnold and Lila's boat is stuck at the edge of the waterfall, as Lila says, "Arnold, what will we do?" a piece of the boat next to Lila is incorrectly coloured like the background and the seat, so it looks like a hole in the boat. (00:10:14)
Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold - S4-E7
Other mistake: Love and Cheese: At the end, when Arnold says to Lila that he will walk her home, they both start walking to the right, then Lila vanishes while on screen. She never leaves the frame. (00:11:42)
Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold - S4-E7
Other mistake: Love and Cheese: When Arnold and Lila grab each other's arms on the boat, part of Arnold's left arm becomes invisible. (00:10:18)

Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold - S4-E7
Other mistake: Love and Cheese: When Arnold accidentally kisses Gerald's hand on the bus, his left foot is missing. (00:02:00)
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 ★