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Thank goodness, I had the foresight to belt myself in I&039;ve rolled sideways off the fork and I&039;round, held in place by the belt, one hand, and ainst the trunk Therewhen I tipped sideways, but the Careers have been too caught up in their own argument to catch it

"Go on, then, Lover Boy," says the boy froliirl by the fire His face is swollen with bruises, there&039;s a bloody bandage on one ar so , all along he&039;d planned to throw his Just the opposite of what Haymitch hadall those supplies was te up with the Career wolf pack to hunt down the rest of us No one fro! Career tributes are overly vicious, arrogant, better fed, but only because they&039;re the Capitol&039;s lapdogs

Universally, solidly hated by all but those fros they&039;re saying about hiall to talk to race?

Obviously, the noble boy on the rooftop was playing just one erly watch the night skies for signs of his death, if I don&039;t kill him first ets out of ear shot, then use hushed voices

"Why don&039;t we just kill hi What&039;s the harm? And he&039;s handy with that knife"

Is he? That&039;s news What a lot of interesting things I&039; about my friend Peeta today

"Besides, he&039;s our best chance of finding her"

It takesto is ht into that sappy roht have Seemed pretty si around in that dress, I want to puke"

"Wish we kne she got that eleven"

"Bet you Lover Boy knows"

The sound of Peeta returning silences them

"Was she dead?" asks the boy from District 2

"No But she is now," says Peeta Just then, the cannon fires "Ready to move on?"

The Career pack sets off at a run just as dawn begins to break, and birdsong fills the air I re with exertion for a while longer, then hoist , but for awhat I&039;ve heard Not only is Peeta with the Careers, he&039;s helping theirl who has to be taken seriously because of her eleven Because she can use a bow and arrow Which Peeta knows better than anyone

But he hasn&039;t told the that information because he knows it&039;s all that keeps hi to loveon in his head?

Suddenly, the birds fall silent Then one gives a high-pitched warning call A single note Just like the one Gale and I heard when the redheaded Avox girl was caught High above the dying cae irl is lifted into the hovercraft Then it vanishes The birds resu

"Move," I whisper to , roll it up, and place it in the pack I take a deep breath While I&039;ve been concealed by darkness and the sleeping bag and thebranches, it has probably been difficult for the ca uaranteed a close-up

The audience will have been beside the I was in the tree, that I overheard the Careers talking, that I discovered Peeta ith them Until I work out exactly hoant to play that, I&039;d better at least act on top of things Not perplexed Certainly not confused or frightened

No, I need to look one step ahead of the gae and into the dawn light, I pause a second, giving the cahtly to the side and give a knowing sure out what that means!

I&039;m about to take off when I think of my snares Maybe it&039;s imprudent to check them with the others so close But have to Too uess And the lure of possible meat I&039;m rewarded with one fine rabbit In no ti the head, feet, tail, skin, and innards, under a pile of leaves I&039; raw rabbit can give you rabbit fever, a lesson I learned the hard way - when I think of the dead tribute I hurry back to her ca fire are still hot I cut up the rabbit, fashion a spit out of branches, and set it over the coals

I&039;lad for the cameras noant sponsors to see I can hunt, that I&039;ood bet because I won&039;t be lured into traps as easily as the others will by hunger While the rabbit cooks, I grind up part of a charred branch and set about cae pack The black tones it down, but I feel a layer of mud would definitely help Of course, to have rab my spit, kick some dirt over the coals, and take off in the opposite direction the Careers went I eat half the rabbit as I go, then wrap up the leftovers inin my stomach but does little to quench my thirst Water is , I feel certain I&039; the screen in the Capitol, so I&039;ood tiuest co Peeta&039;s behavior, my reaction What to make of it all? Has Peeta revealed his true colors? How does this affect the betting odds? Will we lose sponsors? Do we even have sponsors? Yes, I feel certain we do, or at least did