Spiderpaw nodded in thanks, picking up her kill to go bury it behind a nearby pine-tree to collect it later. The pines rustled ever so slightly above her head, and from her stand she was able to make out the bushy tail of a squirrel through the needles, perched on a low-hanging branch directly above her head. She licked her lips, willing that she'd be able to scramble up the tree and kill it, despite ShadowClan's inability to climb effectively. She lodged her claws into the bark as silently as she could, hauling herself up clumsily with scrabbling claws struggling to get a grip on the rough surface. She slowly pulled herself upwards, spitting out paw-fulls of pine that managed to stick to her tongue as she made her way through the bushy maze. She came to a point whereas she was able to stand steadily on a thin branch, directly above the one her unsuspecting squirrel was perched lazily on. She dug her claws into the branch, shimmying herself slowly forwards with stealthy motions. When she was close enough, she lunged forwards to the branch below her, praying to StarClan that she'd be able to make the difficult kill- especially due to the circumstance in which she would be attempting a kill from a tree.
Though luck wasn't on her side. Her claws slided helplessly from underneath her and she found herself tumbling down towards the earth, smashing painfully through the sharp barbs of the tree. She landed with a thud on her paws, embarrased by her failure. "Mousedung!" She spat.
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