Cubbi cleaned away at the bathroom; he'd known he would have a punishment for what he did but he was still wondering what the gummi council would have done to him. He also thought the phony act that Gumlittle's squire did had soured his mood, but he knew it was best that he tried to make the best of the punishment he had to perform. Cubbi thought to himself it could have been much worse, a bare bottom spanking. Cubbi shivered at that thought, as it been a while since he got one of those, but it still was fresh in his mind.
Cubbi still remembered that day he'd learned to fly using a modified extra part to Gruffi's Gummi Berry Harvester. He'd been able to find out the real truth of the Aerials. Cubbi shivered, remembering how much Gruffi's punishment that time had hurt his bottom; he had to lay on his stomach for a while until the sting was not too bad, to sit again.
Within the hour Cubbi had completely finished cleaning the bathroom, even down to polishing the chrome on the faucets so they shined like silver. Cubbi impressed with his work, stepped back to admire it. As he did, he forgot about a mop that was behind him, stepped on it and slipped back with a thud. The combination mop, slippery tile, and the boots the cub had on made for an accident. Cubbi landed on his backside hard and the mop flipped to end up on his head over the helmet he had on, which made him look like he had on a fuzzy hat.
The thud quickly grabbed the attention of Plucki who was close by to the bathroom. Plucki had been lost in thought remembering a similar situation that he and Blastus had been in when they both were Cubbi's age, and in another room similar to the room were the cubs got in trouble now.