Glimmer's Death

      The Careers have woken to a full-scale tracker jacker attack.  Peeta and a few others have the sense to drop everything and bolt.  I can hear cries of "To the lake!  To the lake!" and know they hope to evade the wasps by taking to the water.  It must be close if they think they can outdistance to furious insects.  Glimmer and another girl, the one from District 4, are not so lucky.  They receive multiple stings before they're even out of my view.  Glimmer appears to go completely mad, shrieking and trying to bat the wasps off with her bow, which is pointless.  She calls to the others for help but, of course, no one returns.  The girl from District 4 staggers out of sight, although I wouldn't bet on her making it to the lake.  I watch Glimmer fall, twitch hysterically around on the ground for a few minutes, and then go still.

In memory of Glimmer, female tribute of District One