Duckpaw watched what her mentor was doing intently, before dropping into a
very rough imitation. She dropped down too far, and was basically lying down on the ground with her paws in front of her. After trying to move, and realizing that she couldn't because of how far down she was, Duckpaw raised herself up a little bit. A part of her really wanted to grab that rabbit, but she understood that if she even tried, that rabbit would be in its burrow before she could move a whisker. So, ‘catching’ her mentor seemed a good alternative. Besides, knowing that there was a rabbit somewhere was the first step to catching one, so she was doing alright.
While pressed down to the ground, she started to slowly make her way to where Deadmoon was. Slowly. Very slowly.
This doesn't seem very efficient, she thought to herself. How in Starclans name did cats catch anything if they had to move this slow? She had hardly moved at all. At this rate, the rabbit would have died from old age by the time she got there. Then, Duckpaw had a Thought. Maybe she could go a little faster. She tried to go a little faster. That seemed to work better. She was going faster. Duckpaw thought she looked foolish. Then she stopped thinking. She started to go in very slow (but not as slow as before) laps around the area.
After a few laps, Duckpaw thought that she had the hang of it. That she had mastered stalking, in fact. She was probably ready to catch that rabbit-certainly ready to ‘catch’ Deadmoon! Duckpaw started to stalk towards where Deadmoon was doing a very good job at pretending to be a rabbit. A very big rabbit.
Im gonna get ya, Im gonna get ya, Im gonna get ya, she thought to herself. Maybe mumbled it under her breath, but she was sure Deadmoon couldn't hear her. Probably. She was close now - a few more paces, and she could make a leap. Duckpaw was focused. Intently focused. Nothing else existed but her trying to catch this ‘rabbit’. She took a step.
And stepped on something that snapped. It was not at all a quiet snap. She was very sure that not only did Deadmoon hear it, but that rabbit from earlier probably heard it too. If that rabbit was even still around. Duckpaw looked up wide-eyed at Deadmoon.
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