Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9 "I'd go and see to Yellowfang, if I were you," whispered Graypaw, as Longtail strode away. "She's doesn't look very happy." Firepaw glanced over at the old she-cat. She was still lying beside the Highrock. Graypaw was right; she was glaring at him. "Well, here goes," he mewed. "Wish me luck!" "You'll need the whole of StarClan on your side for this one," answered Graypaw. "Call out if you need a hand. If she looks like she's going to have you, I'll sneak up behind her and whack her on the head with a stiff rabbit." Firepaw purred with amusement and trotted off toward Yellowfang. His cheerfulness quickly evaporated as he neared the injured queen. The old cat was clearly in a terrible mood. She hissed a warning and showed her teeth. "Stop right there, kittypet!" Firepaw sighed. It seemed he was in for a fight. He was still hungry and beginning to feel tired. He longed to curl up in his nest for an afternoon nap. The last thing he wanted was to argue with this pitiful clump of fur and teeth. "You can call me

第九章“如果我是你，我就去照顾黄牙。”长尾巴大步走开时，格雷paw小声说。 “她看起来不太高兴。” 火爪瞥了一眼老母猫。 她仍然躺在海罗克旁边。 灰爪是对的；她怒视着他。 “好吧，来吧，”他叫道。 “祝我好运吧！”“为了这件事，你需要整个星族都站在你这一边。”灰爪回答。 “如果你需要帮助就喊出来。 如果她看起来要和你在一起，我就从她背后悄悄走过去，用一只硬邦邦的兔子猛击她的头。” 火爪开心地咕噜了一声，小跑着向黄牙走去。 当他接近受伤的王后时，他的欢乐很快消失了。 这只老猫显然心情不好。 她发出嘶嘶声警告，露出了牙齿。 “站住，小猫咪！”Firepaw叹了口气。 看来他要打一架了。 他还是很饿，开始觉得累了。 他渴望蜷缩在窝里睡个午觉。 他最不愿意做的就是和这堆可怜的皮毛和牙齿争论。 “你可以打电话给我

what you like," he mewed wearily. "I'm just following Bluestar's orders." "You are a kittypet, though, aren't you?" Yellowfang wheezed. She's tired too, Firepaw thought. There was less fire in her voice, although her spite was as strong as ever. "I used to live with Twolegs when I was a kitten," Firepaw replied calmly. "Your mother a kittypet? Your father a kittypet?" "Yes, they were." Firepaw looked down at the ground, feeling resentment burn inside him. It was bad enough that members of his own Clan still viewed him as an outsider. He certainly didn't have to answer to this foul-tempered prisoner. Yellowfang seemed to take his silence as an invitation to go on. "Kittypet blood is not the same as warrior blood. Why don't you run home to your Twolegs now instead of looking after me? It's humiliating, being fussed over by a lowborn cat like you!" Firepaw's patience ran out. He snarled, "You'd still feel humiliated if I were warrior-born. You'd

随你的便。”他疲倦地叫道。 “我只是听从蓝星的命令。” “你是一只小猫，不是吗？”Yellowfang不停地喘气。 她也累了，火爪想。 她的声音里少了些火气，虽然她的怨恨和以前一样强烈。 “当我还是只小猫的时候，我和twollegs住在一起。”Firepaw平静地回答。 “你妈妈是一只小猫？”你爸爸是一只小猫？”“是的，他们是。” 火爪低头看了看地面，心里一阵愤恨。 这已经够糟糕的了，他自己家族的成员仍然把他视为局外人。 他当然不必回答这个脾气暴躁的囚犯。 黄方似乎把他的沉默当作继续下去的邀请。 “小猫的血和战士的血不一样。 你为什么不现在就回家去找你的两条腿而不是照顾我？ 被你这样一个出身卑贱的人来操心，真丢脸！”火爪的耐心耗尽了。 他咆哮道：“如果我是战士出身，你还是会觉得丢脸。 你会

feel ashamed whether I was a precious she-cat from your own Clan or a wretched Twoleg that had picked you off the ground." He lashed his tail from side to side. "It's the fact that you need to rely on any cat that you find so humiliating!" Yellowfang stared at him, her orange eyes very wide. Firepaw carried on fiercely: "You're just going to have to get used to being cared for until you are well enough to look after yourself, you spiteful old bone bag!" He stopped as Yellowfang began to make a low, harsh, wheezing sound. Alarmed, Firepaw took a step toward her. The she-cat was trembling all over and her eyes had narrowed into tiny slits. Was she having some kind of a fit? "Look, I didn't mean…" he began, before he suddenly realized that she was laughing! "Mr-ow, ow-ow," she mewled, a purr rumbling up from deep inside her chest. Firepaw didn't know what to do. "You have spirit, kittypet," Yellowfang croaked, stopping at last. "Now, I'm tired and my

不管我是你家族里的一只可爱的母猫，还是把你从地上捡起来的一只可怜的特沃莱格，你都要感到羞愧。” 他左右摇摆着尾巴。 “事实是，你需要依赖任何一只猫，这让你觉得很丢脸！”黄牙瞪着他，橙色的眼睛睁得大大的。 火爪恶狠狠地继续说：“你得习惯被人照顾，直到你能照顾好自己为止，你这个恶毒的老骨袋！”他停了下来，因为黄牙开始发出一种低沉、刺耳的喘息声。 火爪吓了一跳，朝她走了一步。 母猫浑身发抖，眼睛眯成两条小缝。 她是不是突然发作了？ “听着，我不是那个意思……”他说，突然意识到她在笑！“呜呜先生，呜呜先生，”她呜呜地叫着，从她的胸膛深处发出隆隆声。 火爪不知道该怎么办。 “你真有精神，小猫咪。”黄牙嘶哑地说，最后停了下来。 “现在，我累了，我的

leg hurts. I need sleep and something to put on this wound. Go and find that pretty little medicine cat of yours and ask her for some herbs. I think you'll find a goldenrod poultice would help. And, while you're at it, I wouldn't mind a few poppy seeds to chew on. The pain is killing me!" Stunned by her change of mood, Firepaw turned quickly and sprinted toward Spottedleaf's den. He had never been in this part of the camp before. With his ears pricked, he padded through a cool green tunnel of ferns that led into a small grassy clearing. A tall rock stood at one side, split down the middle by a crack wide enough for a cat to make its den inside. Out of this opening trotted Spottedleaf. As usual, she looked bright-eyed and friendly, her dappled coat gleaming with a hundred shades of amber and brown. Firepaw shyly mewed a greeting, and reeled off Yellowfang's list of herbs and seeds. "I've got most of those in my den," replied Spottedleaf. "I'll fetch some marigold leaves too. If she dresses her wound with that, it'll keep off any

腿痛。我需要睡眠，还要敷点东西在伤口上。 去找你那个漂亮的小药猫，向她要些草药。 我想你会发现黄花药膏会有帮助。 既然你这么做了，我倒不介意吃点罂粟籽。 痛得要命！”火爪被她情绪的变化惊呆了，迅速转身向点点树叶的巢穴冲去。 他以前从来没有来过营地的这一部分。 他扎着耳朵，蹑手蹑脚地穿过一条凉爽的绿色蕨类植物隧道，通向一小块草地。 一边矗立着一块高大的岩石，从中间裂开一条裂缝，足够一只猫在里面做窝。 斑点叶从这个洞口小跑出来。 像往常一样，她看起来眼睛明亮，很友好，她那斑驳的外套闪烁着一百种深浅的琥珀色和棕色。 火爪害羞地喵喵叫了一声打招呼，然后一口气说出了黄牙的草药和种子清单。 “大部分都在我的窝里。”斑点叶回答。 “我也去拿些金盏花的叶子。 如果她用这个包扎伤口，就不会有

infection. Wait here." "Thanks," Firepaw mewed as the medicine cat disappeared back into her den. He strained his eyes, trying to catch a glimpse of her inside. But the den was too dark to see anything; he could only hear the sound of rustling and smell the heady scents of unfamiliar herbs. Spottedleaf emerged from the gloom and dropped a bundle folded in leaves by Firepaw's feet. "Tell Yellowfang to go easy on the poppy seeds. I don't want her to deaden the pain entirely. A little pain can be useful, as it will help me judge how well she is healing." Firepaw nodded and picked up the herbs with his teeth. "Thanks, Spottedleaf!" he mewed through the mouthful of leaves, then headed back through the fern tunnel into the main clearing. Tigerclaw was sitting outside the warriors' den, watching him closely. As Firepaw trotted over to Yellowfang, carrying the herbs, he could feel the amber-eyed stare burning the fur on the back of his neck. He turned his head and looked at Tigerclaw curiously. The warrior narrowed his eyes and looked away.

感染。在这儿等着。”“谢谢。”火爪叫了一声，药猫又回到了她的窝里。 他眯起眼睛，想看一眼她在里面。 但是洞里太黑了，什么也看不见。他只能听到沙沙的声音，闻到不熟悉的草药的刺鼻气味。 斑点叶从黑暗中走出来，把一个包裹放在火爪脚边的叶子里。 “告诉黄牙少吃罂粟籽。 我不想让她完全消除痛苦。 轻微的疼痛可能是有用的，因为它可以帮助我判断她的康复情况。” 火爪点点头，用牙齿衔起草药。 “谢谢你，斑点叶！”他嘴里叼着树叶，叫了一声，然后穿过蕨类植物的隧道，回到空地上。 虎爪坐在武士洞穴外面，仔细地看着他。 当火爪拿着草药快步走向黄牙时，他能感觉到琥珀眼的目光灼烧着他颈后的皮毛。 他转过头，好奇地看着虎爪。 战士眯起眼睛望向别处。

Firepaw dropped the bundle beside Yellowfang. "Good," she meowed. "Now, before you leave me in peace, find me something to eat. I'm starving!" The sun had risen three times since Yellowfang had entered the camp. Firepaw woke early and nudged Graypaw, who was still asleep beside him, his nose tucked under his thick tail. "Wake up," Firepaw mewed. "Or you'll be late for training." Graypaw lifted his head sleepily and growled in reluctant agreement. Firepaw prodded Ravenpaw. The black cat opened his eyes immediately and leaped to his feet. "What is it?" he mewed, looking around wildly. "Calm down, Ravenpaw. It's time for training soon," Firepaw soothed. Dustpaw and Sandpaw began to stir too, in their mossy nests on the far side of the den. Firepaw stood up and pushed his way out of the ferns. The morning was warm. Firepaw could see a

火爪把那捆东西丢在黄牙旁边。 “很好，”她喵喵叫道。“现在，在你离开我之前，给我找点吃的吧。 我饿死了!”自从黄牙进入营地，太阳已经升起过三次了。 火爪很早就醒了，用胳膊肘推了推格雷爪，格雷爪还睡在他身边，鼻子塞在粗尾巴下面。 “醒醒。”火爪叫道。“不然你训练就要迟到了。” 灰爪睡意朦胧地抬起头，不情愿地同意地咆哮着。 火爪戳了戳乌鸦爪。黑猫立刻睁开眼睛，跳了起来。 “怎么了？”他叫道，狂乱地环顾四周。 “冷静点，拉文爪。马上就要训练了。”火爪安慰道。 尘埃爪和Sandpaw也开始在洞穴另一边长满苔藓的巢里动了起来。 火爪站了起来，从蕨类植物丛中挤了出来。 早晨很暖和。火爪可以看到一个