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Post by howlingleaf on May 28, 2007 11:15:24 GMT -5
Howlingleaf padded over to the small meadow. He scented the air and detected the smell of mouse and rabbit. Lowing his self to the ground, Howlingleaf pricked his ears up, listening for the sound of a mouse.
Just then he heard it. The small animal scurried through the grass slowly. He pounced and killed the mouse with one swift blow. He dug a small hole into the ground and buried it.
He looked around and the sight of a rabbit caught his eye. he bolted into a run, chasing the rabbit. He was sure he could catch it. He was a mouse-length away from it now so he decided to pounce. I pounced too soon, he thought as he landed a fox length ahead of the rabbit.
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Post by Snow Cat on May 28, 2007 11:20:50 GMT -5
As Dirtpaw was tasting scents, she smelled a shrew. "Shrew," she mewed out loud as she detected where it was. Slowly she crept up on it........slowly...............and pounce. The shrew let out a little eek! as it felt claws and teeth sink into its body. "Oh gawsh, I forgot to bury my catch!" She mewed, padding over to the vole with the shrew in her jaws. She buried the shrew and vole and stalked off to find more prey.
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Post by howlingleaf on May 28, 2007 11:44:10 GMT -5
"Great StarClan, what is wrong with me today? I couldn't even catch that rabbit." He snorted. Just then he heard the small thump-thump of an animal's heartbeat. Pushing the grasses aside he saw a vole. He pounced and swiftly killed it with a final blow. "Well guess I am not that worthless," he mewed as he gathered up his catch and heard toward the clump of trees.
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Post by Snow Cat on May 28, 2007 11:49:53 GMT -5
Dirtpaw scented a thrush. Pecking along the grass, Dirtpaw very, very silently crept on it. These things are hard to catch, she thought. She pounced. The thrush flapped it's wings and tried to fly away, but Dirtpaw took away its life with a simple bite. "Oh great, now I have feathers all over my fur," she complained, collecting her catch out of the hole and bring them back to Howlingleaf.
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Post by howlingleaf on May 28, 2007 12:01:04 GMT -5
Howlingleaf spotted Dirtpaw with her mouth full of fresh-kill. Setting his kills down, he meowed "Great StarClan! Well done!"
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Post by Snow Cat on May 28, 2007 12:04:10 GMT -5
Dirtpaw dropped her fresh kill in front of Howlingleaf. She meowed quietly, "Do you think WindClan is worried about us?" before she started eatig her shrew.
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Post by howlingleaf on May 28, 2007 12:10:22 GMT -5
Howlingleaf shrugged as he munched on his vole. "We probably should start to head back. " He finished his vole and bent over the mouse. In a few swift bite, the mouse was gone as well. He licked his paw and swiped it over his ears.
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Post by Snow Cat on May 28, 2007 12:13:58 GMT -5
After eating the shrew, she went over to her thrush. She loved the taste of thrush. "Okay, okay. Just let me finish my food first," she said with a mouthful of feathers.
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Post by howlingleaf on May 28, 2007 12:15:19 GMT -5
"I'll wait, of course," He meowed between licks.
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Post by Snow Cat on May 28, 2007 12:22:40 GMT -5
When Dirtpaw was done, she said, "Okay I'm ready to go," as she bounded to Howlingleaf's side.
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Post by howlingleaf on May 28, 2007 12:34:49 GMT -5
Howlingleaf scented the air and detected his old scent. "This way," he commanded. He pushed his way through the grass, not knowing if Dirtpaw was following him.
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Post by Snow Cat on May 28, 2007 12:40:20 GMT -5
Dirtpaaw was following right behind him, her paws aching. "It's gonna be a long way back," she complained. Then she scented something. Rats.
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Post by howlingleaf on May 28, 2007 12:54:43 GMT -5
Howlingleaf scented the small furry animals as soon as Dirtpaw did. "Great StarClan! Not again! Come on, lets go a different way." But as soon as the words left his mouth a fat rat jump at him. Hissing, Howlingleaf threw it off. More rats came scurrying out. "Come on. We might be able to out run them."
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Post by Snow Cat on May 28, 2007 13:04:48 GMT -5
Dirtpaw bolted and ran as fast as she could. Rats frightened her more than Twolegs or dogs. She ran, her paws padding on the ground. She tripped and fell, and a rat jumped on her and bit her leg.
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Post by howlingleaf on May 29, 2007 20:32:33 GMT -5
Yowling with rage, Howlingleaf snapped left and right but it was not use. There were just too many rats. He pelted in the direction that Dirtpaw had gone. He saw her as she fell and he saw the rat jump in for the attack. "No!" he hissed, skiting to a halt a few fox-lengths away from the apprentice. Rats were on his tail, snipping with their tiny teeth. Fulled with anger, Howlingleaf bated the rats off his back and turned back toward Dirtpaw.
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