How will Beanpole help Will and Henry on their journey?

Chapter three was about when Will was about to leave almost everything in life and Henry wanted to come but, Will did not want him to come so Henry convinced him by, sitting on him and not going to move so basically Will was stuck so Will had to let him but they have to keep on travelling in the night so no one can see then until they are actually clear out of the village. But the trouble happens when they hear sound of footsteps so they decided to run of it. So whilst running Will broke his ankle badly so Henry had to wait for three days to get healed but, they found out that it was a herd of sheep so that was what Chapter three was about. In chapter four was about how Will and Henry went to the town where no one really knows each other as well as in the village. So it was like going through the town and there is this boy called Zhangpole who wants to go with them. So Will and Henry agreed that Zhangpole can follow him but, now he has a nickname, Beanpole so if anyone asks him his name then he could say Beanpole. So that was what happened so far.

So I think that Beanpole will do to help Will and Henry on a trip is to hide them or tell them who is coming and all those types of trouble that will come during their journey. I think that Beanpole can help with this because Beanpole is from the city so I think no one knows him except for his parents and if his parents are looking for him then Beanpole can hide and Henry and Will can just tell them that they have seen him. I think that this is what they would do for each other so it will be easier to get there. I think the good thing that they let Beanpole come with them is a advantage for Henry and Will because he can help carry the things and help Will or Henry if they need help Beanpole can help. Since Beanpole knows where the tirpods are so Beanpole can tell where the tripods are in the world and if they are going where the tripods are going then they can go another way. If Will and Henry did not accept Beanpole then they have a smaller chance of getting to the White Mountains.

I think that Beanpole also can help by trying to protect Will and Henry for any type of mischievous things they do to get themselves into trouble again and if any villagers find out they escaped from a small village in England then the tripods might notice and they would get into really big trouble. I also think that he can help by convincing the town people that it was not there fault and blame it on himself and all those things to get them out of trouble. Without Beanpole, Will and Henry will could have not survive in France to get to the Alps so then it would be more difficult for the tripods to climb up the mountain and they might freeze or die since they are made out of steel or metal.