Oliver goes to london(5)

 

That night ,a lone in the room with the coffins, Oliver cried bitter, lonely tears . He did not sleep, and very early in the morning, before anyone was awake, he quietly unlocked the shop door and left the house. He ran u the steet and through the town as far as the main road, where the saw a sign that told him it was just seventy miles from there to London. The name London gave the boy an idea . That huge place! Nobody, not even Mr Bumble , could ever find him there! He had heard old men in the workhouse say it was a good place for brave boys, men in the workhouse say it was a good place for brave boys, and that there was always work there for those that wanted it . It would be the best place for him . He jumped to his feet and walked forward again.

 

But after only four miles he began to realize just how far he would have to walk. He stopped to think about it . He had a piece of bread , a rough shirt, two pairs of socks and a penny, piece of bread ,  a rough shirt , two pairs of socks and a penny, But he could not see how these would help him get to London any faster , so he continued walking.

 

He walked twenty imles that day, The only thing he had to eat was his piece of bread and some water which he begged from houses near the road . He slept the first night in a field, feeling lonely, tired ,cold and hungry. He was even hungrier the next morning when he woke up, and he had to buy some more bread whth his penny. That day he walked only twelve miles. His legs were so weak that they shook beneath him.