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David decides to retrace his steps and go back home

David must do something, but what can he do?

The Story Continues

The following words are part of a made-up story David arrives back home, pockets empty. The family is desperate. May Davies has found a little work as a stone picker, but as she has to take baby Sarah with her into the fields she can only work when the weather is fair.

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Once again, they must make a choice in order to survive the winter:

Steal another sheep Go
Put the older children into service Go
Try once again to go to Bridgnorth Go
Put all the family into the workhouse Go

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