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I stared at the loaves in disbelief. They were fine, perfect
really, except for the burned areas. Did he mean for me to
have them? He must have. Because there they were at my feet.
Before anyone could witness what had happened I shoved the
loaves up under my shirt, wrapped the hunting jacket tightly
about me, and walked swiftly away. The heat of the bread
burned into my skin, but I clutched it tighter, clinging to life.
By the time I reached home, the loaves had cooled somewhat,
but the insides were still warm. When I dropped them
made her sit, forced my mother to join us at the table, and
poured warm tea. I scraped off the black stuff and sliced the
I put my clothes to dry at the fire, crawled into bed, and fell
into a dreamless sleep. It didn’t occur to me until the next
morning that the boy might have burned the bread on purpose.
Might have dropped the loaves into the flames, knowing
it meant being punished, and then delivered them to me. But I
dismissed this. It must have been an accident. Why would he
have done it? He didn’t even know me. Still, just throwing me
the bread was an enormous kindness that would have surely
resulted in a beating if discovered. 1 couldn’t explain his actions.
We ate slices of bread for breakfast and headed to school. It
clouds. At school, I passed the boy in the hall, his cheek had
and didn’t acknowledge me in any way. But as I collected Prim
and started for home that afternoon, I found him staring at me
from across the school yard. Our eyes met for only a second,
then he turned his head away. I dropped my gaze, embarrassed,
and that’s when I saw it. The first dandelion of the
year. A bell went off in my head. I thought of the hours spent
in the woods with my father and I knew how we were going to
survive.
To this day, I can never shake the connection between this
boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the
than once, I have turned in the school hallway and caught his
eyes trained on me, only to quickly flit away. I feel like I owe
him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had
thanked him at some point, I’d be feeling less conflicted now.
I thought about it a couple of times, but the opportunity never
seemed to present itself. And now it never will. Because we’re
how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there?
motions for Peeta and me to shake hands. His are as solid and
warm as those loaves of bread. Peeta looks me right in the eye
and gives my hand what I think is meant to be a reassuring11
plays. Oh, well, I think. There will be twenty-four of us.
Of course, the odds have not been very dependable of late.
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1 prim | |
adj.拘泥形式的,一本正经的;n.循规蹈矩,整洁;adv.循规蹈矩地,整洁地 | |
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2 chunk | |
n.厚片,大块,相当大的部分(数量) | |
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3 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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4 raisins | |
n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 ) | |
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5 fluffy | |
adj.有绒毛的,空洞的 | |
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6 swelled | |
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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7 doomed | |
命定的 | |
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8 arena | |
n.竞技场,运动场所;竞争场所,舞台 | |
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9 slit | |
n.狭长的切口;裂缝;vt.切开,撕裂 | |
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10 dreary | |
adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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11 reassuring | |
a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的,使人放心的 | |
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12 spasm | |
n.痉挛,抽搐;一阵发作 | |
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13 anthem | |
n.圣歌,赞美诗,颂歌 | |
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14 odds | |
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别 | |
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