Rue's Life before and after the Hunger Games Part 1
"Rue!Where are you?" I hear my father calling my name. I was too busy looking and examining at the plants. I went up, rub the dirt off my knees, and ran to my house. My father was there looking for me. "Rue, I want you to help me plant the seeds. Since you are the eldest of the siblings." I nodded my head up and down and he gave me the seeds to plant. It was very hot in the late afternoon and the sun was almost setting. We started digging and picking the soil out. Then we put one seed in it and watered it. I got tired all of a sudden. My hands were sweaty and my back was in pain. While planting, I was thinking about the reaping day tommorow. I was scared thinking about it. What if I was reaped for the hunger games? What if I die during the game? Will I survive? So many thoughts are going into my head. Then I asked my father about the hunger games. "Father, imagine you are a teenager or a kid and you are getting reaped for the hunger games, how would you feel?" My father pause and started looking at me. "Rue there's no time for asking questions, I will answer that if we are done working alright?" I said yes. I feel shaky all of a sudden and I couldn't stop thinking about it. For years and years I've seen the Hunger Games on tv screens. I've seen kids killing, running, and surviving to stay alive. I was nine years old when I've seen the hunger games for the first time. My parents would never let me watch it until I was nine because it can be very emotional and brutal. I remember the game and it was awful. The most horrifying thing I've seen was a teenage girl from District 1 with a sword on her hand, decapitating the boy and his head flew off. I ran to the house crying, and my parents tried to comfort me. Remembering that made my cry so hard that my father wiped his hands and hugged me. "What's wrong Rue?" father asked. "I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so nervous, I'm afraid I will be reaped for the hunger games. Why did the capitol treats us like that?" father then wiped the tears from my eyes. "I know how you feel Rue but there's nothing I can do to stop the Capitol. Just wish that you'll be never be reaped but if you did, be strong and brave. Don't think about death, think about surviving and staying alive. I'm sorry but this is how it is" The way father spoke made me feel depressed but I wished that I'll never be reaped. "Okay now stop crying and start planting and watering those seeds okay?"After that, I wiped the tears a little more on my face and started working.
After working father and I were very tired. I was happy when we finally went home. My father went to bed and I was very hungry but sadly the peacekeepers barely gave us any food. My family are almost starving to death. Then in the cabinet, I took some apples wrapped in cloth and put it in the table. My mother was very shocked. "Rue, where did you get these?" " I stole it while my father and I were working on the fields. The peacekeepers are unaware about it so don't worry" My mother was very angry because I have done this several times. I would sneak into the fields and take some fruits and vegetables for my family to eat. "What your doing right now is wrong Rue, you know you will be punished for stealing" then my mother and siblings started looking at the apples. I knew they very hungry. "Alrigthesis but this is the last one okay?" "Yes mother" I hugged my mother and she kissed my forehead. She's telling me that it's getting late now and she also mention about the reaping day. I took a bath, combed my hair and changed into my nightwear. I couldn't sleep at all. I was lying down, still thinking about the reaping day tommorow. I couldn't believe that I'm at the age were its right for a kid like me to fight for the hunger games. I got out of bed and went to my parent's bedroom. I snuggled right between my mom and dad and went under the sheets. Then mother put her around me, saying that I'll be okay.