Peeta Mellark’s family had enough to eat. They were bakers and always had fresh bread to eat. They were the lucky ones though. People around them were starving to death. Times were tough in District 12 where they lived. So tough that Katniss Everdeen had been looking in trashcans, desperate to find anything to eat—with no luck.
Katniss had no hope left. She collapsed, resigned to give up. Her mother and little sister were at home, starving to death as well, waiting on Katniss to come home with something to eat, something to keep them alive. But Katniss had nothing—she had nothing to trade and no money to buy, and even the trash cans were empty…offering her nothing. She was so poor and dirty she wasn’t even able to walk into the bakery for a look.
Peeta saw her and had compassion on her. His mother had just scolded her for looking in the trashcans, so he knew how she would feel about giving Katniss something from the bakery. She wouldn’t even let Katniss look for something in the trash, she surely wouldn’t let her have …
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