"Why would they not take us in the forest?"
Trek until dawn and then take cover in the forest.
"Then, come, we shall take a walk together in the forest."
The next day the stepmother forces the children into taking a walk in the scary forest.
I thought back to her giving the American a round in the head after taking his clothes in the forest.
"It was either that or take a length of rope in the forest and hang myself," he said.
Further, the mercenaries who took positions in the forest were surrounded as well.
Significant further fighting took place in the forest surrounding the village.
But the war had taken its toll, even in the forest.
Remember, I took six of you without a scratch there in the forest.