stripekit bounced with excitement, it was her and her littermates apprentice ceremony. snowkit sat beside her, ''i cant wait! i want to know who my mentor is going to be'' she said splashkit who was being groomed by ravenwing said, ''we get to go outside, and get muddy,'' then he looked up to their mother ''and not have to get groomed every two seconds'' ''let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather around the mudhill for a clan meeting,'' dawnstar called ''i haven't finished grooming you all, oh well i guess you dont want to be late for your ceremony.'' ravenwing said as she let splashkit go. maplefire padded into the den, ''time to go,'' he said proudly to his kits. stripekit tried to stop himseelf from bouncing to the mudhill. she had to walk smartly. they sat down in front of the mudhill. ''four kits have reached the age of six moons and are ready to become an apprentice,'' dawnstar announced, ''splashkit, from this day forward you will be known as splashpaw. your mentor will be pipperheart. you are a strong and brave warrior and i trust you to teach this apprentice all you know.'' greykit, stripekit and snowkit have been made greypaw, stripepaw and snowpaw. graypaw was given to nightheart, stripepaw was given to blossomflower and snowpaw was given to sandsplash. "Snowpaw! Splashpaw! Graypaw! Stripepaw!" The clan called
