FISZKOTEKA
My nose immediately wrinkles in disgust. Haymitch refuses to let anyone in to
clean and does a poor job himself. Over the years the odors of liquor and vomit,
boiled cabbage and burned meat, unwashed clothes and mouse droppings
have intermingled into a stench that brings tears to my eyes. I wade through a
litter of discarded wrappings, broken glass, and bones to where I know I will find
Haymitch. He sits at the kitchen table, his arms sprawled across the wood, his
face in a puddle of liquor, snoring his head off.
I nudge his shoulder. “Get up!” I say loudly, because I've learned there's no
subtle way to wake him. His snoring stops for a moment, questioningly, and
then resumes. I push him harder. “Get up, Haymitch. It's tour day!” I force the
window up, inhaling deep breaths of the clean air outside. My feet shift through
the garbage on the floor, and I unearth a tin coffeepot and fill it at the sink. The
stove isn't completely out and I manage to coax the few live coals into a flame. I
pour some ground coffee into the pot, enough to make sure the resulting brew
will be good and strong, and set it on the stove to boil.
Haymitch is still dead to the world. Since nothing else has worked, I fill a basin
with icy cold water, dump it on his head, and spring out of the way. A guttural
animal sound comes from his throat. He jumps up, kicking his chair ten feet
behind him and wielding a knife. I forgot he always sleeps with one clutched in
his hand. I should have pried it from his fingers, but I've had a lot on my mind.
zmarszczyć - wrinkle,
odmawiać, nie zgodzić się - refuse,
odór - odor,
wymioty - vomit,
gotowany - boiled,
kaupusta - cabbage,
nieumyty - unwashed,
łajno - droppings,
wymieszać, zlewać się z - intermingle,
smród - stench,
brodzic przez - wade through,
wyrzucać - discard,
opakowanie - wrapping,
rozciągać się - sprawl,
kałuża - puddle,
chrapanie - snoring,
zapobiegać czemuś - head off,
szturchnąć - nudge,
subtelny - subtle,
pytająco - questioningly,
wznawiać - resume,
przesunąć - shift,
śmieci - garbage,
wydobywać, ujawniać - unearth,
blaszany - tin,
napełnić to w zlewie - fill it at the sink,
kuchenka - stove,
zdołać - manage,
namówić - coax,
płomień - flame,
nalewać - pour,
garnek - pot,
parzyć(herbatę) - brew,
nastawiłam to na kuchenkę - set it on the stove,
miska - besin,
wyrzucić to na - dump it on,
wyskoczyć z czegoś - spring out of sth,
gardłowy - guttural,
władać bronią - wield,
trzymać kurczowo w ręce - clutch in hand,
Mam dużo problemów - I have a lot on my mind,
