Stars Chapter Three-ZutaraChapter ThreeWhy- after all the lessons his mother had given him in proper etiquette- WHY were chopsticks so hard to use??He had been using them all his life but Zuko had never perfected how to hold them.Of course, his way of handling them had always consisted of taking one of the chopsticks in his fist, and stabbing his food with it; like a kind of shish-ka-bob. It was also one of the reasons he had always eaten in private.For years now, his uncle had been trying to teach him the proper holding technique." Happy chopsticks make a happy belly!" Iroh had often reminded him; at which Zuko had either snorted in disgust, or stabbed an
Stars Chapter Two-ZutaraChapter Two"Bwaaaaar.""Shh. Quiet Bosco."Katara glanced over her shoulder at the Earth King and his bear.Giving them a sorry look, she reached over to the food bag and dumped the contents into her lap. All she found were crumbs and a rock shaped nut Sokka had proclaimed, "might just be a rock."It had been two days without food-and while they had been through worse, the king and Bosco weren't used to such conditions.Their stomachs had been grumbling nonstop for the past five hours.Raising the bag to eyelevel she dug through it thoroughly, hoping that perhaps something was stuck inside."I'm sorry Bosco. We'll just have to find a