How will Beanpole help Will and Henry on their to the White Mountains?

In chapter 4 Will and Henry met a boy called Beanpole well that's the nickname they gave him his real name is Zhanpole and he wanted to go with Will and Henry, so they said he could follow them. I think that Will really didn't want to have someone else come prancing along again with him, after all the only reason Will let Henry go with him was because he convinced him by sitting on top of him but Will still does not know if he can still trust Henry as before he thought he had abandon him in the forest and took all Will's food and supplies that were in the pack.

I really think that Beanpole will benefit Henry and Will because Beanpole probably knows the town at the blink of an eye so he knows everyone and good hiding places. Another good thing is that Beanpole might know a bunch of shortcuts to get to the White Mountains and that way it will be quicker and the journey wont be as long and just think if Beanpole knows who is who in the town then if there was somebody looking for them he could hide ahead of time because he knows that, that person is someone that is most likely to be on a search party. I strongly think that Will made the right decision to take Beanpole with them because there are so may ways he can help!!!!!!