Summary

Chapter 11

In this chapter Peter and the others make it safely past all of the guards. Peter wonders if Victor knew how many soldiers they'd have to go past. When they all reach the safety of the woods near the waterway, they all start to giggle over the absurdity of it all.

The children pull their sleds into the clearing where they quickly find the fallen trees Victor and Per have told them about. They quickly untie their sleds as they were shown, bury the bricks, then have fun building snowmen to mark the spot.

Chapter 12

The children reach the Holms' farmstead and are welcomed in. Herr Holms wants to know immediately how it went for them, but Fru Holms tells him to let the children warm up and eat some dinner. Afterwards, the children grows excited as they tell him about the...