Hollypaw gazed at the trees abovethe hollow as the sun bleached1 away the half-light. The sky paled to blue and the air began to warm. Beside her, Lionpaw shifted on his paws, and Jaypaw tasted the air. The birds began to sing again. Late-season bees began to rise sleepily from the grass around the edge of the camp and buzzed away on heavy wings. But, despite the sun on her pelt2, Hollypaw was still shivering, her scratched and aching body trembling beyond her control.
What just happened?
She turned to ask Jaypaw. If StarClan had hidden the sun, surely he must know something. But he was hurrying away to join Leafpool as she weaved among the anxious and wounded cats.
“Can you stretch out your forepaws?” Leafpool asked Brackenfur. The golden tom winced5 as he tried.
“Shoulder wrench,” Leafpool concluded. “Go and wait by the halfrock. I won’t be long.” She moved on to Whitewing. The warrior6’s snowy pelt was darkened by patches of blood. “Any sprains7 or wrenches8?”
“Just scratches,” Whitewing answered.
“Then wait beside the warriors9’ den4,” Leafpool ordered. “We’ll bring you ointment10 as soon as we can.”
“Thornclaw’s sprained11 a hind12 paw,” Jaypaw called.
“Help him over to the far end of the clearing and let him rest below Highledge,” Leafpool told him. She moved on, sending Hazeltail and Poppyfrost to wait with Whitewing.
Hazeltail dropped into a crouch13 beside Whitewing. “How could the sun disappear?”
“The sky was clear blue, so it couldn’t have been a cloud,” Poppyfrost breathed.
“Clouds never make it dark and cold like that,” Whitewing added.
Leafpool looked at them sharply. “You should be licking those scratches, not chattering14 like finches!” She nudged Birchfall and then Berrynose toward Thornclaw. “Wait over there.”
Birchfall limped across the clearing, keeping his swollen15 forepaw off the ground. “I don’t see why StarClan should hide the sun from us!” he meowed indignantly.
Berrynose hopped16 alongside him, a hind paw held out gingerly behind him. “WindClan should never have started the battle. It serves them right if StarClan are angry with them.”
Hollypaw glanced at her brother. He was watching the Clan3. “Are you okay?”
“Fine,” he mewed.
Didn’t he want to talk about the vanishing sun? “You’re very quiet.”
“Yeah.” Lionpaw glanced up at Highledge, where Millie was picking her way down the tumble of rocks. Briarkit swung from her jaws18. Daisy followed, holding Toadkit.
“Let’s help them,” Lionpaw suggested. He darted19 away toward Highledge.
How did he have so much energy left? Hollypaw felt weighted with exhaustion20, and the scratches and bites that covered her body, though not deep, were stinging. Sighing, she followed.
“I could have walked down myself!” Toadkit flailed21 his paws crossly.
“Keep still, or we’ll both fall!” Daisy’s rebuke22 was muffled23 by his scruff. She jumped down the last few paw steps and looked back at Millie. “Are you okay?”
Millie nodded. Briarkit was dangling24 wide-eyed under her chin
It isn’t always like this, Hollypaw wanted to tell the tiny kit17, not sure if he was old enough to understand.
Lionpaw reached out a forepaw to steady Millie as she scrabbled down into the clearing, stones cracking behind her. “We’ll bring the others,” he promised.
“Thanks.” Daisy put Toadkit down and he bounced away, fluffing up his fur.
“Watch out!” Daisy shut her eyes as he careered straight toward Graystripe.
The gray warrior sidestepped him. “Why don’t you go make sure there’s enough moss25 in Millie’s nest, little one?” he meowed.
“Okay!” Toadkit raced away to the nursery.
Graystripe blinked at Daisy. “He’s obviously not too shaken.”
Daisy’s pale eyes darkened. “He just thinks it’s an adventure.” She sighed.
“Perhaps it’s better that he does.” Graystripe took Briarkit from Millie and followed Daisy to the nursery. Millie padded beside him, pressing her pelt to his.
Lionpaw was already bounding up the rocks. Hollypaw scrambled26 wearily after him and followed him into Firestar’s den.
It was dark inside. Hollypaw almost tripped over Rosekit, crouched27 in the entrance. Behind her, Longtail was trying to hush28 Bumblekit. The tiny gray-and-black-striped tom was wailing29 for his mother.
Longtail ran his tail gently over him. “Shh, you’ll wake your sister.”
Hollypaw could just make out Blossomkit curled against Mousefur’s belly30, sound asleep.
“Don’t disturb her.” Mousefur waved Hollypaw away with her tail. “Graystripe can fetch her down later.”
Longtail nudged Hollypaw’s shoulder with his nose. His blind eyes were round with worry. “Did you see it happen?”
He meant the vanishing sun.
“Yes.”
“What does Jaypaw say?” Mousefur asked, her eyes gleaming in the half-light.
Lionpaw shrugged31. “He doesn’t always tell us what he learns from StarClan.”
Hollypaw caught his eye. Is he thinking what I’m thinking?If they were really more powerful than StarClan, Jaypaw should know what the vanishing sun meant. Lionpaw looked away.
“Perhaps he’ll share dreams with them tonight,” she mewed hopefully.
Mousefur wrapped her tail around Blossomkit. “I hope so.”
Hollypaw grabbed Bumblekit by the scruff and swung him into the air. He squeaked32 with surprise and churned the air with his tiny paws.
Rosekit backed away. “I’m not being carried down!”
“Oh, yes, you are!” Lionpaw scooped33 her up and headed out of the cave.
Her paws scuffing34 the ground with tiredness, Hollypaw followed him to the nursery, where Graystripe was waiting to bundle the kits35 inside.
“Blossomkit’s sleeping,” she told him as she passed Bumblekit over. Pain flashed from a scratch on her neck. “Mousefur said you can fetch her later.”
Graystripe nodded and disappeared into the brambles.
Cinderpaw trotted36 over. “Are the kits all right?”
“Lionpaw!” Leafpool called from across the clearing. “Take Foxpaw out to fetch more cobwebs.” She was smearing37 pulp38 over a cut on Honeyfern’s shoulder.
Foxpaw came bounding over at the mention of his name. “I know where there are some really big cobwebs,” he mewed. “There’s a hollow log just outside the entrance. It’s full of them.”
Lionpaw glanced at Brambleclaw. The ThunderClan deputy was standing39 below Highledge while Jaypaw pressed a sticky poultice onto a wound in his side. “Is it okay to go out?” he called. “Leafpool needs cobwebs.”
“Yes, but be careful,” Brambleclaw warned.
As Lionpaw and Foxpaw headed away, Leafpool turned to Hollypaw. “There are herbs piled beside the pool in my den,” she meowed. “Take them to Whitewing and the others. You’ve had enough training to show them how to chew them up and lick them into their scratches.”
“Iknow how to do that!” Cinderpaw mewed suddenly.
Hollypaw blinked. “How? You’re not a medicine cat’s apprentice40.”
Leafpool stopped wrapping cobwebs over Honeyfern’s wound. “She’s spent so long in the medicine den, she must have picked it up.” She waved Cinderpaw away. “Go with Hollypaw and help her. Just be careful of your leg.”
“I will.”
As they headed for the medicine cat den, Hollypaw noticed that Cinderpaw was hardly limping. “How’s your leg?” she asked.
“Much better,” Cinderpaw mewed. “I don’t think I could doeverybattle move yet, but it won’t be long till I can. The swimming helped just in time,” she added somberly.
They padded past Squirrelflight. The dark orange she-cat was sitting awkwardly at the edge of the clearing, her haunches drawn41 up, with one hind paw jutting42 out.
Hollypaw nodded a greeting, but Squirrelflight only stared dully back.
Hollypaw felt uneasy. “Has Leafpool checked you?”
“Not yet.” Squirrelflight’s mew was taut43.
Something’s wrong.
Hollypaw glanced down and saw that the sand around Squirrelflight was stained dark red. Blood. “You’re hurt!” Her tiredness forgotten, she darted to her mother’s side and sniffed44 at her pelt. Fresh blood was oozing45 from below her chest. Squirrelflight’s forepaws trembled, and she dropped into a crouch, a groan46 jerking from her as she moved.
Paws pattered behind Hollypaw.
“What’s wrong?” Sandstorm was pressing in beside her.
“She’s bleeding,” Hollypaw whispered, feeling her paws go numb47 with alarm.
Groaning48 again, Squirrelflight rolled onto her side, revealing her blood-soaked belly.
Sandstorm gasped49. “Why hasn’t this been seen to?” She flicked50 Hollypaw with her tail. “Fetch Leafpool!”
Hollypaw stared at her mother. Squirrelflight was panting, her flanks fluttering unevenly51.
“Now!” Sandstorm shoved Hollypaw away.
Leafpool was squatting52 down at the far side of the clearing, chewing herbs.
“Squirrelflight’s hurt!” Hollypaw didn’t have to say any more. Leafpool was already on her paws and racing53 toward the she-cat.
Hollypaw chased after her, skidding54 to a halt as Leafpool crouched and rolled Squirrelflight over with one paw. With her other she carefully parted the dark orange belly fur. A deep claw gash55 ran from Squirrelflight’s chest to the top of her hind leg. Blood was flooding from it, pooling on the sand beneath her flanks.
Hollypaw pressed her muzzle56 against Squirrelflight’s cheek. “She’s hardly breathing.” Her mother’s eyes were beginning to close. “Stay awake!” Hollypaw begged. She spotted57 Lionpaw and Foxpaw returning with wads of cobweb hanging from their jaws. Thank StarClan!“Over here!”
Lionpaw darted to his mother’s side.
“Give me those.” Leafpool dragged the cobwebs from his mouth and began padding Squirrelflight’s wound. She beckoned58 Foxpaw over, taking his cobwebs too. “Go to the pool in my den,” she told him, not looking up. “Fetch soaked moss. Quick as you can.”
Lionpaw was staring at his mother in horror.
“You too!” Leafpool growled59. “Quickly!”
Lionpaw and Foxpaw darted away.
Jaypaw must have heard the commotion60. He left Brambleclaw, his paws still wet with ointment, and began weaving his way through the wounded warriors.
Brambleclaw watched him go, surprise lighting61 his eyes, then looked past him and saw Squirrelflight. He charged around the clearing, Jaypaw’s poultice crumbling62 from his flank as he ran. He stopped beside Hollypaw. “What’s wrong?”
“Belly wound,” Hollypaw whispered.
“How’d it happen?”
Sandstorm shook her head. “She was fighting beside me on the shore, but I thought she was okay. She was never down for more than a moment.”
Brambleclaw crouched beside his mate. “Don’t leave me,” he begged.
Squirrelflight’s eyes flickered63 open at the sound of his voice, then closed again.
He nudged her with his muzzle. “You’ll be okay. Leafpool won’t let you die.”
Hollypaw stared hopefully at Leafpool, but the medicine cat was too busy working on Squirrelflight’s wound to look up. Jaypaw slid in beside her and began holding cobwebs in place as Leafpool applied64 fresh padding.
Lionpaw returned and dropped a wad of dripping moss beside her. She snatched it up and began washing away the blood. “Fetch more!”
Squirrelflight didn’t flinch65 at the cold water. She was too deeply unconscious.
Hollypaw leaned in closer. “She’s going to be all right, isn’t she?”
Brambleclaw started to lick Squirrelflight’s cheek. “Sleep well, my lovely. I’ll be here when you wake up.”
“What’s happened?” Firestar was staring down at Squirrelflight, his eyes round with shock.
“Get back, all of you!” Leafpool suddenly snapped.
Blood roared in Hollypaw’s ears. She’s going to die!She stepped back, numbly66, and brushed against Brambleclaw. Her father was trembling.
“Hollypaw!” Leafpool was staring directly at her. “Go to my den and fetch oak leaves.”
Oak leaves. Oak leaves.She tried to focus, terrified she’d forget, her mind in a whirl of panic.
In the medicine cat’s den, she reached into the gap in the rock and dragged out a pawful of leaves. Sifting67 through them, she separated out the oak leaves. At least they were easy to recognize. She picked them up in her jaws and hurried back to Leafpool.
“Do you want me to chew them up?” she offered, dropping them beside Leafpool.
“Jaypaw can do that.”
Hollypaw stepped out of the way. Lionpaw was staring down at his mother, his eyes lit with fury. He wants to know who did this.
She realized she was trembling like a kit. She closed her eyes and felt Sandstorm press against her.
“If anyone can save her, Leafpool will.”
Hollypaw leaned against Sandstorm, thankful for her warmth, while Leafpool and Jaypaw finished packing Squirrelflight’s wound.
Leafpool looked up. “I’ve done all I can,” she meowed. “It’s in the paws of StarClan now.” She picked up a wad of moss and held it to Squirrelflight’s lips, letting the water drip into her mouth.
After a few moments, Squirrelflight swallowed. Was that a good sign?
“She needs a warm nest,” Leafpool explained. “But I daren’t move her yet in case her wound opens up again.” She gazed at Hollypaw and Lionpaw. “Can I rely on you to build a nest around her?”
Hollypaw nodded. Of course they would!
“Fern, moss, feathers, whatever you can find,” Leafpool went on. “She needs to stay warm and still.” She got to her paws. “Jaypaw, watch her, and report to me if there’s any change. I have to see to the other wounded cats.” She looked at Brightheart, who was moving among the warriors with a bundle of herbs in her mouth. “Brightheart can’t manage all this alone.”
Firestar stepped forward and rested his muzzle on Leafpool’s head. “I’m proud of you.”
“I just hope I’ve done enough,” Leafpool murmured.
Firestar turned to his mate. “You must be exhausted68. You should eat and rest.”
Sandstorm’s green eyes flashed. “She’s my kit! I’m not leaving her!”
Hollypaw felt a thorn-sharp stab in her heart. She’s my mother, too! She can’t die!
“Come on.” Hollypaw felt Lionpaw’s tail brush her flank. “Let’s build her a nest.”
Foxpaw and Icepaw sat huddled69 a tail-length away. Had they been watching all the time?
“Can we help?” Foxpaw mewed.
“We need to find stuff for a nest,” Lionpaw told them. “Anything soft and warm will do.”
As Foxpaw and Icepaw hurried away, Hollypaw noticed that Firestar and Brambleclaw were already below Highledge in deep conversation with Graystripe, Dustpelt, and Thornclaw. Their eyes were dark and their voices low. She pricked70 her ears, but she couldn’t make out what they were saying.
“Surely the battle is over?” she mewed. “What’s left to talk about?”
“The battle wasn’t won or lost,” Lionpaw pointed72 out. “The vanishing sun stopped it. Now that the sun’s back, WindClan might return to finish what they started.”
“They can’t!” Hollypaw bristled73 in shock. “StarClan has told us that we mustn’t fight!”
“If it was StarClan who hid the sun,” Lionpaw muttered.
Foxpaw came hurrying back with a large feather fluttering from his mouth. “Will this do?” He sneezed, and the feather shot into the air and drifted onto the ground.
“It’s a start,” Lionpaw mewed. “But I think we should look outside the camp. We’ll need a lot of bedding.”
Hollypaw glanced at Squirrelflight, lying on her side. Her flanks were hardly moving, and she looked small and cold. Jaypaw was pressed close to her, his muzzle resting beside hers as though he were listening to her breathing.
“Come on,” Lionpaw urged. He led the way through the entrance and out into the forest.
Hollypaw gazed around in surprise. It’s so peaceful. As if nothing’s happened.The sun streamed through the branches, and birds sang in the trees. A few leaves drifted down. Leaf-fall drew closer by the day. Many of the ferns were browning into bracken, too brittle74 and hard for a nest.
She padded after Lionpaw, her exhaustion returning. Here and there a flattened75 clump76 of grass or a scrap77 of fur caught on bramble reminded her of the battle just fought, and the sting of her wounds began to prick71 her once more.
“These ones are soft.” Lionpaw stopped beside a green swath of ferns. He began to tug78 at a frond79 with his teeth, hauling it out of the ground.
Hollypaw grabbed another in her jaws and heaved it out of the clump. They worked steadily80 until they’d gathered a thick pile.
“Foxpaw!” Lionpaw called to their denmate.
“We’re coming!”
The undergrowth rustled81, and Foxpaw and Icepaw appeared with great wads of moss hanging from their jaws.
“I think we’ve got enough,” Lionpaw decided82. He hooked his paw over the pile of ferns and began to drag them back toward camp. Hollypaw followed, shoving the fronds83 together when the pile began to loosen and scatter84. She was so tired that the edges of her vision blurred85, and the forest seemed to sway about her.
“We would have won anyway,” Lionpaw puffed86 as they neared the barrier.
Really?Hollypaw wasn’t so sure. Swerving87 wearily to avoid a thin trail of blood, she felt as though all four Clans88 had lost something, though she wasn’t sure what.
Squirrelflight hadn’t moved when they reached her. Jaypaw was still curled beside her. He looked up as they neared, then stood and stretched. “Put the moss underneath89 her,” he instructed. “The ground’s very hard.”
Hollypaw pushed one bundle under Squirrelflight’s shoulders, another under her haunches, then gently patted a swath around her belly. Her mother’s fur was stiff with dried blood and smelled of herbs. Daisy had brought feathers from the nursery, and, while Lionpaw bunched ferns around Squirrelflight, Hollypaw laid the feathers over her to keep her warm. When they’d finished, Jaypaw settled beside her again, resting his chin on her shoulder.
“Come and eat!” Brambleclaw called them over to the fresh-kill pile. Only a few morsels90 remained. There hadn’t been time for hunting today.
Lionpaw padded away, but Hollypaw stayed where she was. She was too tired to eat, her belly hard with grief. She wasn’t going to leave her mother’s side again. She curled up beside Squirrelflight’s head and, breathing softly against her mother’s cool ear, closed her eyes.
Please don’t let this battle take her away from me.
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| 挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式） | |
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| adj. 直立的，多刺毛的 动词bristle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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blurred
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puffed
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| v.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的现在分词 ) | |
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| 宗族( clan的名词复数 )； 氏族； 庞大的家族； 宗派 | |
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