It would take four to knock off the slightest of hunger pains.
She remembers the hunger pains and how her father could not find work.
After the second day, when the hunger pains came in short regular intervals, he lost his appetite.
The meal had done little to staunch the hunger pains in his stomach.
He had a pain in his stomach now, ironically enough, which felt almost exactly like a hunger pain.
His first elation was passing and he had hunger pains again.
"All women are at war all the time, and when I've got hunger pains, it shows a little more."
Awareness of that food sent sharp hunger pains through him but he forced himself to ignore them.
The Chivas had knocked off the hunger pains, and he would wait a few minutes.
And to keep those hunger pains away - cookies.