Getting from Holland into France will not be easy. You must travel 400 miles through Belgium. The entire region is crawling with German soldiers. One false move, and you will end up in front of a firing squad. You decide that the best route would be along one of the country's famous canals. The banks are covered with bushes, and you can always duck under water, breathing through a tube if necessary. This route is longer, but it seems safer.
Halfway from Amsterdam to the Belgian border, you must cross three, heavily guarded, wide rivers. You slip across the Rhine and the Waal without any difficulty, but the guards on the banks of the Maas spot you and start shooting. Luckily for you, a canal boat passes, and you are able to swim to the other shore. You continue along the Willems Canal and then follow the Meuse river into France. When you finally get to the famous World War I battlefield of Château Thierry, you stop and think.
Paris is not very far away. Perhaps you would be safer in a large city. But the Germans have concentrated their forces in northern France and might arrest you in Paris. If you continue on to the south of France, you might stand less chance of being caught.
If you decide to hide in Paris, continue to page 31.
If you choose to go to southern France, continue to page 32.