Doctor Frankenstein tried to raise the dead, but no one liked his creation. Although death may seem curable to the deluded, but it is only in fiction. Parents also know this, but keep it from their children to protect them. Five years ago, I realized I was being told the little white lies about death, and I realized that death is truly incurable.
Five years ago on an early fall Sunday, my day started out normal. I woke up and did my daily routines: ate breakfast, brushed my teeth, and fed the animals. While feeding the animals, I noticed something askew. One of our kittens was missing. A missing kitten is not a big deal because it could simply be hiding in the barn, but for some reason that kitten stayed in my mind for the rest of the day.
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Later that afternoon, I was helping my family clean our small pond. The pond was covered with green sticky moss, and it smelled like rotten fruit. As I was taking buckets of water out of the pond, I thought of the kitten once more. After we were done I developed a hunch where the kitten was. I walked back into the barn and went up the stairs to the hay loft. The kitten was indeed there, but it was ill and in poor condition. Frantically, I rushed out of the barn, and I got a Frisbee. I filled the Frisbee with water and grabbed some food in my hand. I rushed back up the stairs, desperate to help the kitten. When I got up the stairs, I quickly sat down the water-filled Frisbee right next to the kitten, and I dumped the food on the ground beside the water. I gently picked the kitten up and put its mouth into the water. Bubbles came up, but the kitten would not drink. Next, I tried to feed it. I soaked the hard food in water to soften it up, but the kitten would not eat the soggy brown food. I left the barn. My family needed my help yet again. As I worked for the next hour, the kitten was on my mind. I told my brother that I found his kitten, but we could not see it now, since we were still working. As soon as I got the chance, though, I went straight to the barn. When I rushed up the stairs, I was met with a low moan of a meow. To my dismay, none of the food was eaten, nor any of the water drunk. I stayed there a bit, and eventually my mom came to get me. She saw me up in the hay loft and slowly crept up the stairs. Once she was up there she looked at the kitten. Once she had finished her inspection, she told me that the kitten would not survive. I would not believe that. I was determined to keep the kitten alive, even if I had to raise it from the dead. I tried everything.
I dunked the kitten’s mouth in the water, but the kitten still blew bubbles instead of drinking. I opened its mouth and put food in the kitten’s mouth. The kitten would not eat. I tried everything, but was met with failure after failure. Eventually I accepted the truth. The kitten would not survive. The kitten was ill and it could not stand up on its own. Crying to myself, I forced myself to walk down the stairs and out of the barn with heavy feet.
All through the night, I thought of the kitten. I hoped it would survive. That maybe the kitten would be better by morning. The kitten plagued my dreams. That night I could not sleep.
In the morning I ate my breakfast with dreadful anticipation. I knew in a little bit I would know if the kitten survived the night. I got dressed and did my daily routines. Then I bolted outside. I took an empty can and filled it with cat food. When I got to the barn, I dumped the food for the other cats then ran up the stairs two steps at a time. When I got there my heart dropped. It was clear that the kitten was dead.
I trudged back inside, and told my mom. After all my efforts, the kitten was dead. Then the realization came that I could not prevent death, and that all the “runaway” cats mom had told me about in the past were dead too. I knew I could not tell my brother, so I told him his cat had run away instead, using the same words my parents would use on
me. Anybody can try all he wants, but I know now that there is a point of no return. Death is not curable. Through this cruel realization I also learned that parents sometimes hide truths from their kids, so the kids receive the news in a gentler way. Now I know when an animal is past the point of return, I need to tell my brother a little white lie, and hope that the animal is going to a better place.
Mortality, the subject of death, has been a curious topic to scholars, writers, and the common man. Each with their own opinion and beliefs. My personal belief is that one should accept mortality for what it is and not go against it.
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