She eventually became so good at this that she would trade or sell the extra food she gathered and her mother began to return to normal. Although her mother came around, Katniss never fully forgave her or trusted her again as she felt that she abandoned them.
She eventually falls asleep wondering what her family are doing at home. At breakfast the next morning she is the last to arrive. Haymitch is already drunk and Peeta gets angry at him for not helping to advise them. Katniss stabs a knife into the table.
This surprises Haymitch who wonders aloud if he has any fighters this year and asks Katniss what else she can do with a knife. Haymitch is pleasantly surprised, asking if he's got some fighters this year. He keeps Peeta from putting ice on his jaw, telling him that the bruise will make others think that he got into a fight with another tribute before the Games, something that is against the rules.
Haymitch makes a deal with them, promising that he will remain sober enough to help them. His next piece of advice is to let their stylists do whatever they want to them, not to resist.
When they reach the Capitol, Peeta and Katniss stare out the window at the wealth — the shiny cars, the paved streets, the well-fed people in all of their bright clothes and makeup and hair. As the people turn to look at the tribute train coming in, Katniss is disgusted by their excitement, how eager they are to see them die.
Peeta, on the other hand, waves and smiles, and says that some of them may be rich. Katniss continues to struggle with how she feels about Peeta. She second-guesses everything that he does, worrying that all of his actions are motivated by his desire to win. At times she's convinced that he's scheming, deceiving her and the others; at other times, she thinks that he might be acting out of kindness, which is more dangerous to her since she knows she won't be able to kill a kind Peeta Mellark.
The image of the dandelion returns. Just when Katniss has decided that it's in her best interest to be done with Peeta, the dandelions bring her back to how Peeta is responsible for saving her life and the lives of her mother and sister.
This chapter reveals, too, how comfortable Katniss is in the woods. The hunting and gathering and hiding from predators that she did in the woods foreshadows much of what Katniss will have to do in the Hunger Games.
After the flashback, Katniss starts thinking. Katniss realizes that maybe she has underestimated Peeta. Maybe he does have a plan, and that plan probably involves killing her.
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