Mistflower by Krystina Kellingley

Author:Krystina Kellingley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780996332
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2013-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Horrified, she glanced at Storm but he didn’t seem to understand. He had the rope between his teeth and his paws planted firmly in the earth.

Mistflower swung her gaze back to the pond … and blinked. Because … there he was! Mistflower forgot to breathe as once again, Silk, with the rope still between his teeth, fought to get a footing on the frozen surface. Snowdrop pushed and Storm pulled with all his might and bit by bit, more and more of Silk emerged from the hole.

The whole upper half of his body was free and Mistflower had just begun to breathe again, when she heard another terrible crack and the ice split apart, dunking Silk back into the water.

A collective gasp went up from the assembled animals. Mistflower stared at the place where only moments ago Silk had been. In that instant all hope died in her.

But it seemed, unlike her own abandonment, the Spirit of The Great God living within Snowdrop had not given up on them yet, because just then Snowdrop spread her mighty wings and rose up out of the cold, black depths and hanging from her strong beak by the scruff of his neck was a soaking wet, beyond bedraggled, small, black and white kitten.

With a few powerful strokes, she deposited Silk beside Mistflower who stared at her, mute with gratitude.

Snowdrop gazed back, silent for a few moments, then, ‘You,’ she said, ‘are a very strange mouse,’ and stepping away from them both, she sailed off into the air.

‘Come on, youngling,’ Storm said, his eyes on the shivering, exhausted kitten. ‘We’d better get you home – we need to get you warmed up before you catch the sneezes.’

Mistflower turned to Storm. ‘How are we going to get him home?’ It was plain Silk had used up all of his strength getting out of the hole.

Storm gave her a long look. ‘He’s going to run home, Mistflower. And I’m going to make sure he gives it all he’s got.’

‘He’s already given all he’s got,’ Mistflower snapped. She couldn’t believe Storm could be so cruel.

Storm sighed. ‘We need to warm him up, now ! Because if we don’t, the time he’s spent in that water, I don’t hold out much hope of him not coming down with something bad – something really bad. And if I’m ill, or any of the farm animals, Farmer John gets someone to help us.’ He dropped his voice to a little above a whisper. ‘I don’t think we can count on him doing the same for a stray kitten, do you?

‘So if you’ve got any better ideas, you just let me know.’

Mistflower stared at Silk; pity for his condition and the necessity of getting him warm fought each other in her head. After a brief space she hardened her heart.

‘You heard Storm – get running.’

She thought he would argue, and the fact he didn’t almost caused her to break, but Silk, obedient as ever, dragged himself to his paws and took an unsteady step, followed by another and another.

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