Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.

ll I can think about, every day, every waking minute since they drew Prim's name at the reaping, is how afraid I am.

My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.

Unfortunately, I can't seal the sponsor deals for you. Only Haymitch can do that," says Effie grimly. "But don't worry, I'll get him to the table at gunpoint if necessary." Although lacking in many departments, Effie Trinket has a certain determination I have to admire.

As we trudge back through the woods, we reach a boulder, and both Gale and I turn our heads in the same direction, like a pair of dogs catching a scent on the wind. Cressida notices and asks what lies that way. We admit, without acknowledging each other, it's our old hunting rendez-vous place. She wants to see it, even after we tell her it's nothing really. Nothing but a place where I was happy, I think.

I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.

You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?" "We have a very big bathtub.