What does Woody steal from his dead cousin's pocket in the novel, West With Giraffes?

Woody steals a rabbit's foot from his dead cousin's pocket, which represents Woody's belief that he needs luck to get him through the hard times. He rubs it incessantly in the beginning of the novel in hopes that luck will be on his side, but things keep going wrong for him. Not until he loses the rabbit's foot does his fortune change, and he lands the job as driver for the giraffes. The act of losing the rabbit's foot signals Woody's new found reliance on his own intuition, and his shedding of the childish belief that only luck will get him through.