I wake up and get dressed. "Goodbye, Mom. I'm off to gather berries," I say as I slip on my jacket. Outside, I turn a corner and notice Phox in the fields gathering wheat. I am so distracted that I almost step on a patch of ripe strawberries. I quickly scoop them up and head to check my simplest snare. I am met by Phox. "Hey, Sage," he says, "Looks like a squirrel took your bait." He gestures over to my snare which is now enclosing a dead squirrel. "Yeah," I reply, "Do you want to go to the Town Square to trade it in?" We start walking toward the Town Square and eating the berries. That means I'll have to pluck more berries on the way home. We arrive in the Town Square and see Fannia Redpath on a huge stage. No one has seen her in District 11 since the Games were banished. I ask her what's happening as Phox trades the squirrel for a hot loaf of bread. She walks up to the microphone and announces "good" news. "Due to President Ashby Inchcape's decree, we will be bringing back the Hunger Games. The Reaping will be tomorrow and, as usual, may the odds be ever in your favor."