As they made their way through Bavaria, the children made a stopover on a farm and decided to spend the night in a barn on the farm. The farmer discovered them in the morning as they slept. He threatened to hand them over to the burgomaster, who was in charge of repatriating Polish refugees back to their home country. The children had no option but to negotiate for their release without information reaching the burgomaster.
They offered to work on the farm as compensation for their initial stay at the barn. The farmer agreed to the offer, and his wife welcomed the children to stay. She prepared a meal for the children, and later different chores were assigned to them. The arrangement helped them evade the Burgomaster. However, the children were later discovered, and an order for their repatriation was issued. The farmer rescued the children from repatriation, by arranging for their escape down a river using his old canoes.
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