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CHAPTER6
Hollypaw watched the dawn sky lighten.Was it too early to visit Cinderpaw? Leafpool had shooed her away the night before; her patient had been sleeping.
The thorn barrier rustled1. The dawn patrol was returning.
Graystripe and Dustpelt padded into the camp, followed by Whitewing and Icepaw. Whitewing was trying to persuade her apprentice3 to be quiet. “You’ve been chattering4 nonstop since we left,” she scolded. “We’re home now, and your Clanmates are still sleeping.”
“But I was only asking Graystripe if I could go with him to tell Firestar.” It had been Icepaw’s first dawn patrol, and the young apprentice was fizzing with energy.
“This is serious news.” Graystripe flicked8 Icepaw’s ear gently with his tail. “I’m not sure Firestar will want you bouncing around his den9 while he hears it.”
Hollypaw pricked10 her ears. “What news?” She padded forward.
“You’ll know soon enough,” Graystripe called as he followed Dustpelt up the rocks to Highledge.
Disappointed, Hollypaw turned away and stared at the medicine cat’s den. I’ll just peek12 in and see if anyone’s awake.She padded to the cave and nosed her way through the brambles that covered the entrance. Blinking to adjust to the half-light, she saw Leafpool mixing herbs by a cleft13 in the rock.
Hollypaw entered the den. “Is that for Cinderpaw?” she whispered.
Leafpool nodded without looking up. “Yes, it is.”
“I’ve come to see her,” Hollypaw explained. “Is she awake?”
A croaking14 mew sounded from a nest in the shadows. “I’ve been awake for ages.” Cinderpaw sounded in pain. Hollypaw hurried over to her friend’s nest. The gray apprentice lay awkwardly on the
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| (使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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