Forced Indentation of Paths

Hey /prog/ Can you help me out with this plox? I'm a noob and don't understand why this isn't working. :( I just want it to return the paths, but it only does one right one and then two horribly wrong ones and then stops.


area = [[1,0,0,0],
    [0,0,0,0],
    [0,0,0,0],
    [0,0,0,1]]

start = { "x" : 0, "y" : 0}
end = { "x" : 3, "y" : 3}
path = []

def findPaths(start, end, path, area):
    # Goal Reached
    if end == start:
        path.append(start)
        drawPath(path, area)
        return True
   
    # Validate Move
    if start["x"] < 0:
        return False
    if start["y"] < 0:
        return False
    if start["y"] >= len(area):
        return False
    if start["x"] >= len(area[0]):
        return False
    if start in path:
        return False
   
    # Append Path
    path.append(start)
   
    # Paths - Clockwise
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"], "y" : start["y"] + 1}, end, path, area)
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"] + 1, "y" : start["y"] + 1}, end, path, area)
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"] + 1, "y" : start["y"]}, end, path, area)
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"] + 1, "y" : start["y"] - 1}, end, path, area)
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"], "y" : start["y"] - 1}, end, path, area)
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"] - 1, "y" : start["y"] - 1}, end, path, area)
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"] - 1, "y" : start["y"]}, end, path, area)
    findPaths({"x" : start["x"] - 1, "y" : start["y"] - 1}, end, path, area)

def drawPath(path, area):
    for n in range(len(path)):
        area[path[n]["x"]][path[n]["y"]] = n
    for y in range(len(area)):
        for x in range(len(area[0])):
            print area[x][y],
        print
   
    print "\n".join([str(x) for x in path])
    print "===="

findPaths(start, end, path, area)


0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
2 0 0 0
3 4 5 6
{'y': 0, 'x': 0}
{'y': 1, 'x': 0}
{'y': 2, 'x': 0}
{'y': 3, 'x': 0}
{'y': 3, 'x': 1}
{'y': 3, 'x': 2}
{'y': 3, 'x': 3}
====
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
2 0 0 7
3 4 5 8
{'y': 0, 'x': 0}
{'y': 1, 'x': 0}
{'y': 2, 'x': 0}
{'y': 3, 'x': 0}
{'y': 3, 'x': 1}
{'y': 3, 'x': 2}
{'y': 3, 'x': 3}
{'y': 2, 'x': 3}
{'y': 3, 'x': 3}
====
0 0 11 10
1 0 12 9
2 0 13 7
3 4 5 14
{'y': 0, 'x': 0}
{'y': 1, 'x': 0}
{'y': 2, 'x': 0}
{'y': 3, 'x': 0}
{'y': 3, 'x': 1}
{'y': 3, 'x': 2}
{'y': 3, 'x': 3}
{'y': 2, 'x': 3}
{'y': 3, 'x': 3}
{'y': 1, 'x': 3}
{'y': 0, 'x': 3}
{'y': 0, 'x': 2}
{'y': 1, 'x': 2}
{'y': 2, 'x': 2}
{'y': 3, 'x': 3}
====