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there was once a single clan, living peacefully by a large lake. they called them
selves splashclan. every day, as they sat down to eat their fish, they thanked st
arclan for the blessing of being able to live peacefully by the lake. but one cat
was not happy. his name was moonstrike. he wanted the clan to expand their te
rritory, learn how to hunt in trees along with fishing. he wanted the clan to hav
e so much fresh-kill that they didn't know what to do with it. but the leader, at
the time, minnowstar, was satisfied with their own slice of land. but moonstrike
wouldn't give in. so one night, he slit the leader's throat, taking all nine of his li
ves. the deputy, sunglow, was outraged, since this was her mate. she split the c
lan in two, banishing moonstrike. moonstrike took half the clan with him, travel
ing to the opposite side of the lake. the renamed themselves moonclan. sunglo
w claimed her nine lives and renamed splashclan to sunclan, after herself. here
the rivalry of the two clans began. moonclan cats learned to climb trees, and u
sed that to their advantage. but sunclan cats stuck to swimming. starclan looks
down at the two clans with great grief - what had they become? each clan was
now small and weak, with few cats. if attacked, they wouldn't survive! so five c
ats were born - each with their own special power. starclan hoped they could b
ring the clans back together, and help stop the great danger lying ahead...
selves splashclan. every day, as they sat down to eat their fish, they thanked st
arclan for the blessing of being able to live peacefully by the lake. but one cat
was not happy. his name was moonstrike. he wanted the clan to expand their te
rritory, learn how to hunt in trees along with fishing. he wanted the clan to hav
e so much fresh-kill that they didn't know what to do with it. but the leader, at
the time, minnowstar, was satisfied with their own slice of land. but moonstrike
wouldn't give in. so one night, he slit the leader's throat, taking all nine of his li
ves. the deputy, sunglow, was outraged, since this was her mate. she split the c
lan in two, banishing moonstrike. moonstrike took half the clan with him, travel
ing to the opposite side of the lake. the renamed themselves moonclan. sunglo
w claimed her nine lives and renamed splashclan to sunclan, after herself. here
the rivalry of the two clans began. moonclan cats learned to climb trees, and u
sed that to their advantage. but sunclan cats stuck to swimming. starclan looks
down at the two clans with great grief - what had they become? each clan was
now small and weak, with few cats. if attacked, they wouldn't survive! so five c
ats were born - each with their own special power. starclan hoped they could b
ring the clans back together, and help stop the great danger lying ahead...
