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They made this look so easy!
Fireflypaw and Dawnglare, even Howlpaw - who'd taken quite the tumble after - they'd made hanging on tree branches look like second-nature, as if everyone the skill to do something that looked so fun to begin with.
Dawnglare, he'd said this would do Greenpaw some good. And, while Greenpaw doesn't quite get what he means by that, he can assume what the High Priest means. Maybe, the apprentice would be able to actually understand the medicine cat's words, if he could actually do this.
Instead, he's left struggling - failed attempts at hopping up on the branch, only going so far as to be able to stand on the pine tree's limbs before finding himself slipping off.
"Come on..." he whines, as he clumsily lands once more. Bright eyes glare at the branch above him. He has to do this! He has to! But, his frustration only grows after his failed attempts, only makes him want to quit and never think about hanging from the trees ever again.
"Just. One. More. Go," he tells himself, crooked tail thumping against the ground with each word. He will do this.
The apprentice leaps upwards to the branch, clumsy paws failing to learn their lesson as he narrowly catches it. He struggles to hoists himself up with a concentrated frown, but soon, soon, he is stood on the branch.
"Steady..." he says to himself, paws wiggling as he balances upon the tree's limb, "Steady..."
Now what?
How does he get from here to what Dawnglare had been teaching Howlpaw and Fireflypaw?
It's a question he doesn't get long to ponder, for his paws slip beneath him, leaving him to fall back to the ground - a repeated action in his failures. He shouts in frustration, closing his eyes as he waits for impact.
Only...
Only he doesn't fall from the low-hanging branch. No, he's... hanging? Tangled limbs hold on tight, claws digging into the branch as he hangs upside down. Greenpaw blinks in surprise at the shift in his view.
"Yes!" he shouts in triumph at his cumbersome feat, "I did it!"
Fireflypaw and Dawnglare, even Howlpaw - who'd taken quite the tumble after - they'd made hanging on tree branches look like second-nature, as if everyone the skill to do something that looked so fun to begin with.
Dawnglare, he'd said this would do Greenpaw some good. And, while Greenpaw doesn't quite get what he means by that, he can assume what the High Priest means. Maybe, the apprentice would be able to actually understand the medicine cat's words, if he could actually do this.
Instead, he's left struggling - failed attempts at hopping up on the branch, only going so far as to be able to stand on the pine tree's limbs before finding himself slipping off.
"Come on..." he whines, as he clumsily lands once more. Bright eyes glare at the branch above him. He has to do this! He has to! But, his frustration only grows after his failed attempts, only makes him want to quit and never think about hanging from the trees ever again.
"Just. One. More. Go," he tells himself, crooked tail thumping against the ground with each word. He will do this.
The apprentice leaps upwards to the branch, clumsy paws failing to learn their lesson as he narrowly catches it. He struggles to hoists himself up with a concentrated frown, but soon, soon, he is stood on the branch.
"Steady..." he says to himself, paws wiggling as he balances upon the tree's limb, "Steady..."
Now what?
How does he get from here to what Dawnglare had been teaching Howlpaw and Fireflypaw?
It's a question he doesn't get long to ponder, for his paws slip beneath him, leaving him to fall back to the ground - a repeated action in his failures. He shouts in frustration, closing his eyes as he waits for impact.
Only...
Only he doesn't fall from the low-hanging branch. No, he's... hanging? Tangled limbs hold on tight, claws digging into the branch as he hangs upside down. Greenpaw blinks in surprise at the shift in his view.
"Yes!" he shouts in triumph at his cumbersome feat, "I did it!"
// loosely linked to this thread!