21-25 Summary

The father continues tell his son they are not going to die; however, they have no food and they eat snow. The snow is so deep that the father camps on the road thinking no one could possible come by in such bad weather. In the morning, he is worried about their tracks, so they create false tracks before setting off again. Eventually, they come to a town and a nice looking house, so the father decides to risk going inside. They find a locked pantry door. which the father uses a shovel to pry open. Unfortunately, it is full of barely alive, naked people, so the father and son run away. Outside they see six people walking towards the house,so they hide. The father gives the boy a gun to kill himself if the people find them.

Both of them are...