Uh-oh
"Uh-oh" didn't even begin to describe it! When curing a cat, you can't make mistakes. If it costs a cat their life; well, then…. it can get you into very big trouble.
You could get exiled. Or killed. Or you could lose your job as a medicine cat.
Or…. maybe nothing will happen. But that would be extremely lucky!!!
Like the mistake I made today. Listen, kits. Never make the mistake I did.
I was half-asleep. It was the early morning.
"Leafpaw, please give Cloudflower some juniper berries. I'm relying on you! I need to strip this horsetail," Moonflower said, nudging me awake in my nest.
"Uh…. okay," I yawned. I stretched and slowly got out of my nest.
I stumbled quickly over to the herb pile. Moonflower wasn't watching me…. she usually did to make sure I did the right thing. It cost me a lot. Although it was also my fault…. I should have been looking closer. But I wasn't.
I grabbed a few berries on my claws and gave the half-asleep Cloudflower the berries.
I went back to my nest, satisfied. I could sleep now. I thought everything was fine….
….Until she began to scream.
Cloudflower screamed and writhed in her nest. Moonflower and I both jumped and raced over to her, but Moonflower got there first.
"Deathberries…." she murmured suddenly. And then she turned to me, her eyes blazing yellow fire.
"Why did you feed Cloudflower deathberries?!" she demanded of me.
"Wh-what deathberries?!" I was as shocked as she was.
"You fed her deathberries. She's going to die!" Moonflower hissed.
"No!" I gasped. "I didn't mean it! What can we do to make her better?!"
Moonflower sighed. "Nothing," she said; her face full of despair. "Cloudflower will die, Leafpaw. And it's all your fault."
I'm still waiting for my punishment. The leader hasn't called a meeting yet…. but everyone knows. Even though it was just an accident, they all hate me.
Uh-oh. He's calling the meeting now.
I wonder what my sentence will be….