Watching the Mockingjay Fall

chapter 38 Part Two

Katniss POV
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''Are you,are you,
coming to the tree,
They strung up a man,
Where they say he murdered three,
Strange things did happen here,
no stranger would it be,
If we met up at midnight,
In the hanging tree,

Are you,are you,
Coming to the tree,
Where the dead man called out,
For his love to flee,
Strange things did happen here,
No stranger would it be,
If we met up at midnight,
In the hanging tree,

Are you, are you, coming to the tree,
Where I told you to run,
So we'd both be free,
Strange things did happen here,
No stranger would it be,
If we met up at midnight,
In the hanging tree,

Are you, are you, coming to the tree,
Wear a necklace of rope,
Side by side with me,
Strange things did happen here no stranger would it be,
If we met up at midnight,
In the hanging tree.''

I get so caught up in the song, that I only just realize that Castor was filming that whole thing. I can feel everyone's eyes peering into me, like I am a house, and they are peering through the window. Pollux has a huge smile on his face, and he claps. I offer a smile, and then go back to staring out at the lake. I don't want that song to be aired on the capitol TV. Its my dads song, and I want it to stay that way.
The mockingjays start to pick up the tune of my song, and chirp it loudly. Mockingjays start swooping over from the other side of the lake, and perch themselves in the nearby trees, and learn the new tune that I have given them.

An hour or so later, we are back in thirteen, and Bee is trying to hack into the capitols TV system. I take my moms herbal remedies back to her, and sit in the hospital for a little while with them.
''Was it bad?'' Prim asks quietly.
''It wasn't as bad as the first time.'' I say to her softly. She nods in agreement.
''Can I brush your hair Katniss?'' Prim asks softly.
''Of course you can Little duck.'' I say to her. She grabs a hair brush, and sits on the bed behind me. She unties the hair tie that holds my plat together softly, and starts to brush it carefully. I can feel her hands make swift movements, just like my mothers.