 They were not stolen by Hotzenplotz, but Kasperl and Seppel gave them to Wasti.They did not know that her Grandmother counts them regularly as they are special pumpkins, which only grow with a special treatment.When Kasperl and Seppel return to Grandmother's house to release Hotzenplotz, and to proof that he is innocent, they only find a letter from Hotzenplotz, saying that he wants to go to the United States of America to become a gold digger.