"I lean back against the trunk of my tree, one finger gingerly stroking the sandpaper surface of my tongue, as / assess my options. How can I get water?"Page # 167
Katniss has no urge to find food to eat after the careers kill a girl who was resting by the tree katniss was in. She still struggles to find water.
"I've no appetite, but I suck on a rabbit bone just to give my mouth something to do" Page# 166-167
Then Katniss realises that she is in the mud and is motivated to keep looking.
She Decides that Haymitch isn't going to supply her with water so she thinks of him telling her she's close to the water source
'"My fingertips make a small swirling pattern in the cool, slippery earth. I love mud, I think"Page #170
I love mud
"Five yards from where I fell, I crawl through a tangle of plants into a pond"Page #170
Katniss finds the water source and obtains the well needed water
"Over the next couple of hours, I drink the entire half gallon. Then a second"Page #171
"A few hours later, the stampede of feet shakes me from my slumber"Page # 171
"It would be hard to miss the wall of fire descending on me/"Page # 171
Katniss retires to a tree for the night just to be woken up by the sound of stampeding animals.
"But they are much faster, flying through the underbrush so gracefully as my boots catch on roots and fallen tree limbs, that there's no way I can keep apace with them"Page #172
Katniss is left with no choice but to flee from the scene following the animals
"I trust their sense of direction because their instincts are sharper than mine"Page #172
"Discomfort turns to distress until each breath sends a searing pain through my chest. "Page# 173