Runaway Slave - Making Predictions

So in my previous blog, I made a prediction about the boy running away with either getting caught or traveling with someone else who is very smart. My prediction was right. He did not get caught of course, so here's what happened so far: While the boy is asleep in the kitchen, he hears someone moving around in the house so he lays still because he is kind of scared. He thought maybe it was his master or the wife getting up in the middle of the night coming after him. So as the person get closer, he notices its the man from the barn who takes care of the animals. So the man wakes up the boy quietly and tells him to bring a skillet and a knife and come with him. The boy gets scared at first, but after pressure from the man from telling him to come on and hurry up, he gets the materials and they sneak out of the house.
Long story short, the boy is really nervous and scared at first to even runaway because he thinks about what his aunt might say when she finds out he's gone, and what his master and wife might think or do to his aunt because she may have had something to do with him running off. A lot of things go through his head, but after talking to the older man and his experiences, he decides that he will never go back and they will stick together. He wants his freedom just as well.... But what will happen along their journey? What are the materials for?