Things are so wild and Godforsaken out there in the Wyoming Territory that Peeta has to resort to finding himself a mail-order bride.
The ad he puts in the local newspaper (For some reason, the author did not specify a city, maybe there were none in 1870? Self, you silly thing. Of course the ad was put in an Omaha, Nebraska paper! DUH!) says:
Mr. P. Mellark, age 26, Baker, Wants a Wife
Isn’t that just adorable? Peeta had self at . . .
Never mind.
Spinster Katniss (age 26) responds to the ad like so:
- Several months ago I saw an advertisement in the local newspaper. Mr. P. Mellark, age 26, baker, wants a wife. She must be under 30, amiable, and a hard worker. The address was a town in Panem, Wyoming. No one has ever called me amiable but I am under 30 and a very hard worker.
Naturally, P. Mellark, baker, falls hard for the enticement buried in the letter (Subtext is all!) Katniss responds that she accepts his proposal and sets off for Wyoming.
But Peeta never gets that letter (LOL) so he doesn’t greet her at the train station and she has to ask for directions to the bakery from a drunken man who says he is Haymitch Abernethy and nearly has a cow when she introduces herself as “Peeta’s fiancée.”
“Does he know about it?” Haymitch asks Katniss.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Kanlaon 