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After a while, Splashpaw saw another fish swim near. With a happy twitch of her tail, she swung her paw out, but just barely missed it. Unfortunately, she caught a branch drifting in the wind, which pulled HER into the pond. With a yowl, she went under, sucking up water. After thrashing about a bit, she found swimming wasn't that bad. You just ran in the water. As she swam, she marveled at all the fish. But her fur was SOGGY. So she swam to the bank, and scrambled out. Sitting in the sun, her fur began to dry. After what felt like forever, another fish swam by. Sticking her paw in a bit more carefully, she managed to pin the fish against the bank, and scoop it out. Killing it, she stretched, and continued waiting, wondering where on earth her mentor was. @Snowstripe

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Reedwhisker sat down by the pond, calmly cleaning his paws. He saw Splashpaw hunting the fish and purred.

"Nice catch! But you need some work on technique. Do you want some tips?" he mewed standing up and shaking out his fur. "You don't seem too comfortable in water either!"

He padded up to the apprentice. "I don't think I know your name."

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Um, ok! Splashpaw mewed, surprised to see the warrior. He wasn't on her patrol, was she? So what do I need to improve? she asked, looking intently at him. @esa

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"Years of practice and learning patience." He cleaned his paw, eyeing him slightly. "It took me a few moons before I caught my first prey. I thought I would fall behind all the other students, but I was determined to catch something." Chuckling, he stood and walked to the pond. "First thing I ever caught was a baby frog. No one I knew really liked them, but they became my favorite thing to catch after that."

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Reedwhisker licked his nose, happy to train again.

"Alright! So you've got to be prepared. You've got to focus on the fish and be in the right position.Like this!" Reedwhisker exclaimed, crouching near the edge of the pond. He leaned his weight onto his back paws, ready to pounce. Keeping his head clear of the water so it didn't leave a shadow, Reedwhisker became still as a rock.

"It can be a waiting game since we have to wait for fish to come near enough. In the stream the fish have less control of where they're heading so in a sense it's easier there." his muscles were tense and taut. The flash of silver near the surface of the water was all he needed and he leapt forward swiping both paws into the water and flung the perch onto the grass. A sharp bite ended its flapping.

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Got it. Splashpaw mewed at the demonstration of the position, trying it out herself. It felt a little weird, but maybe she wasn't used to it, and that was all. Seeing the special effort to keep the head back, she tucked hers almost in to her chest, but thought better of it. Watching as he snared the fish, she asked Why did you go in with both paws? Don't you fall in? Maybe she was wrong, but she wanted to make sure. She wanted to be a warrior before her sister! That would be cool. Or not, if her sister got mad at her. Who knows. @esa

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Reedwhisker was pleased about Splashpaw's curiosity. It made training apprentices way more interesting.

"Well you're right, it's harder to keep your balance but it makes it easier to get your claws into the slippery skin of the fish." he mewed, flinging the dead fish into a little ditch so that it didn't fall back into the pond. "It's a matter of choice and I'd personally rather fall into the pond than lose my prey."

He leapt into the pond and the water lapped at his chest. "Come on in!"

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Um, ok? Splashpaw mewed hesitantly, dipping one and then the other paw in the water. Taking a deep breath, she leaped forward, landing with a sploosh. I made a splash, like my name! she crowed, flicking water into the air. @esa

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Snowstripe padded up to her apprentice. She smiled at her. "Good job on ctaching the fish Splashpaw. Your an exalent swimmer aswell!" She aplouded her apprentice. Snowstripe saw a fish swimming up. She leaped into the water getting herself soaked she clawed at the fish and flun it backl onto the land.

(Sorry Im late my phone broke irl)