After scanning the crowd again and making sure that young Ploverkit was present, Poplartooth continued on with the ceremonial words.
"We gather here today to make one of our kits an apprentice. Ploverkit," The fluffy tom stared directly at the apprentice-to-be, "Please step forward."
Nodding slightly with approval as Ploverkit did so, the deputy kept the apprentice ceremony going, "Ploverkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this point, until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Ploverpaw. Your mentor will be Echoflame. I trust that she will teach you well."
After that, Poplartooth leapt down from the tallbranch and concluded the ceremony as the chants for the new apprentice rose up into the air.
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