
At some point, he taught her a song called "The Hanging Tree", a song about a man calling for his lover to meet him in death. He was a good singer, so good that the mockingjays in the woods would stop to listen to him and copy his tunes. Katniss was close to her father and shared his appreciation for music. Everdeen introduced Katniss to the edible plant she was named after, and told her, "As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve." It was on one of these lake visits that Mr. He would sometimes bring her to a lake far into the woods where she learned how to swim. When Katniss was a child, her father would bring her out into the woods beyond District 12 to teach her how to hunt with a bow and arrow, as well as how to forage for edible plants. Katniss's younger sister was named Primrose, who was four years younger. Her mother was a healer, the daughter of the town Apothecary owners. Katniss's father was a miner and illegal hunter who traded in the Hob, the black market of District 12. 1.4.8 Alliance with Johanna, Wiress, and Beetee.
