Chapter Seventeen

"I'll bet a day's worth of cleaning the elder's den that he doesn't catch anything today."

"I'd take on that bet."

"I wonder how long it'll be before Minnowstar gets tired of training him?"

It took everything Reedpaw had to ignore the sounds of his sisters chatting like squabbling sparrows. The last couple of days had gone by in a similar manner. Hollypaw, Larchpaw and Willowpaw weren't making life easy for him. He knew that they wanted to put him in his place. That he was the runt of the litter, and that he didn't belong in the Clan. But determination had pushed Reedpaw through the toughest parts of his training so far.

Even though it's only been a couple of days, Minnowstar was really impressed with me yesterday, he reminded himself silently.

Then again, she could have just been taking pity on him.

Reedpaw's ears flattened at the thought.

He had been hopeful when the RiverClan leader took him on as a mentor. Few apprentices were lucky enough to claim that they had been trained by th