Part 2: Chapters 42, 43, and 44 Summary

The boys continue to survive and get stronger on top of the mountain. Stanley even recognizes that for the first time in his life he is happy because he has a friend and he likes himself. Stanley begins to plan a trip back to Camp Green Lake to look for the treasure he believes Kissing Kate Barlow buried and which he thinks was located near the lipstick tube that he found in his hole. Stanley figures that he and Zero were destined to meet, and since they are going to be fugitives after escaping from camp, they might as well be rich ones.

As they make preparations to go back down the mountain, Zero tells Stanley about his childhood. Zero's family had a home at one time and Zero remembers his mother singing the same song that Stanley had...