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ackpacks, two large black ones with the numbers 2 and 11, a<br />

medium-size green one with the number 5, and a tiny orange<br />

one — really I could carry it around my wrist — that must be<br />

marked with a 12.<br />

The table has just clicked into place when a figure darts out<br />

of the Cornucopia, snags the green backpack, and speeds off.<br />

Foxface! Leave it to her to come up with such a clever and<br />

risky idea! The rest of us are still poised around the plain, sizing<br />

up the situation, and she’s got hers. She’s got us trapped,<br />

too, because no one wants to chase her down, not while their<br />

own pack sits so vulnerable on the table. Foxface must have<br />

purposefully left the other packs alone, knowing that to steal<br />

one without her number would definitely bring on a pursuer.<br />

That should have been my strategy! By the lime I’ve worked<br />

through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy,<br />

and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear<br />

into the trees well out of shooting range. Huh. I’m always<br />

dreading the others, but maybe Foxface is the real opponent<br />

here.<br />

She’s cost me time, too, because by now it’s clear that I<br />

must get to the table next. Anyone who beats me to it will<br />

easily scoop up my pack and be gone. Without hesitation, I<br />

sprint for the table. I can sense the emergence of danger before<br />

I see it. Fortunately, the first knife comes whizzing in on<br />

my right side so I can hear it and I’m able to deflect it with my<br />

bow. I turn, drawing back the bowstring and send an arrow<br />

straight at Clove’s heart. She turns just enough to avoid a fatal<br />

hit, but the point punctures her upper left arm. Unfortunately,<br />

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