Day 24Username: Shuurock
Clan link:The PridePrompt:Thistle curled up tighter in a ball trying to ignore the chatter coming from the clan outside. “There’s hooves in our camp? Yet no trail leading out? What are these and what animal did this?” The talking continued despite him just wanting a few extra minutes of sleep. He stretched his back and softly left his den, face meeting snow that was nearly up to his chest.
“Do you guys have to be so noisy this early in the morning?” Thistle joined the others to look at the hooves in the snow.
Sticky shot him a glare, “Don’t step on the prints! We’re analyzing them!”
Thistle laughed as he raised one paw to point at the tracks, “They’re obviously reindeer tracks! Don’t you know what time of year it is? Santa probably just stopped by to rest his reindeer.”
The whole clan went silent and stared at him, Pine took a small step forward, “Are you talking about that jolly guy who the humans worship?”
“They don’t worship him… he brings presents so they celebrate his arrival. My kid taught me all about it! He’s from the North Pole!”
Sticky sniffed at the hooves, “Well they don’t smell like anything local, but I don’t know about the North Pole.”
“Thistle, why in the world would he visit us? Doesn’t he usually only visit children?”
“Well we do have two kittens, maybe they brought something for them? Check under the willow tree.”
They all followed behind Thistle as he spotted two small wooden boxes. He grabbed them and pulled them out from under the tree, “I can’t read, but I think these are for Sprig and Howl!”
The two kittens looked out from behind their mama for one second before bursting out to see the gifts. They slammed into them and began to work out how to get the boxes open.
“I’ll get mine open first just you watch Howl!”
“Good luck with that, I can already see what’s inside!”
They pulled out the items and they appeared to be two gemstones surrounded by sparkling metal. The two kittens were enamored, watching the gemstones sparkle in the morning light. “Woah! This Santa guy is really cool!”
All of the clan was surprised that Thistle was right, “Come on guys, I know things sometimes…”
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