31-35 Summary

They meet an old man on the road, and the boy begs his father to give him food. Once the old man has eaten, he becomes more talkative and they decide he can stay with them for the night. The old man and the father talk about God, in whom the old man says he longer believes. He also tells the father he does not trust him and most of what leaves.

The father has a coughing fit and thinks about dying. They set up camp, but when the father wakes up, the boy is gone. He is about to go and look for him when he spies the boy rushing across the field. The boy tells him he has found a train. They look around the train, but they find nothing but a few paper plates.

Things are now not so great...