There was a tom
His name was Grasskit
He had a sister and mom
Her name was Lightkit
(and Sunfrost)

They lived in a Clan
A peaceful Clan
It's name was
AmberClan

Grasskit cries, "I wanna play"
It is raining
Sunfrost replies
"Another day"

He throws a fit
A whiny one
So loud and fussy
It bothered everyone

"Mother, I don't care!"
"Get eaten by a bear!"
"I wanna play!"
"So go away!"

Sunfrost looks hurt
Her ears against her head
Grasskit was acting rude
Was it a growth spurt?

She purrs and reassures
"Soon, when the rains stops"
Lightkit purrs
Grasskit does not

He wails and screeches
Like an injured cat
Sunfrost hisses and swats him
Just like that

He backs down
Everyone in camp
Feels better now
Until he gets back up

"Mother, YOU shut up!"
"I've had enough!"
"Let me play!"
"You mangy stray!"

And Grasskit catches a cold!

Many moons later
He is Grasspaw
And Sister is Lightpaw
They are much older

Grasspaw came in the camp
There was a limp in his stride
He must have been hurt
And Sunfrost rushed to his side

"Grasspaw, what happened?"
"Are you okay?"
She frantically sniffs him
Trying to help

Grasspaw twitches
He bares his teeth
He's annoyed by this witch
He takes in a breath (it's deep)

"Mother, go away!"
"I'm fine!"
"Leave me alone!"
"You nasty feline!"

Sunfrost is hurt again
Lightpaw leads her away
As the camp sighs
And wishes Grasspaw wouldn't act that way

He stomps off
Not caring at all
That he was being a rude
Loud furball

The Clan leader walks up to him
"Listen Grasspaw"
"Stop acting like that."
"Show some respect!" (For StarClan's sake!)

These words mean nothing
To Grasspaw
He turns away and huffs
Then decides to go to his mother and confront

"Mother, you piece of mouse-dung"
"Just leave me alone!"
"I want to be on my own!"
"So go die in a hole!"

The Clan is shocked beyond belief
The leader has him confined to camp
For half a moon
(Until the gathering)

Grasspaw is chosen
So is Sunfrost
They go to the gathering
Quickly now

The leaders announce their news
Then Jaystar of AmberClan steps up
"It seems Sunfrost will have another litter"
None of the Clans are bitter

Everyone cheers
"Hooray! Congrats!"
But not Grasspaw
He's as sour as a rat

"Mother, you ungrateful dog"
"I thought you loved me"
"And our father, Blackleaf"
"Go back to where you came from, like that bog!"

The gathering soon ended, and everyone left in a huff.

Many, many moons later
Grasspaw is Grass-step
Lightpaw is Lightfur
And Sunfrost is ill

She is dying
The medicine cat cannot help
Not at all
And soon Sunfrost is still

Lightfur grieves
As does Blackleaf
But Grass-step declares
"I have a speech"

The Clan dreads
What he will say
But they let him go on and speak
Anyways

"Mother was an idiot"
"An ungrateful beast"
"Of course she'd die"
"From the bite of a leech"

"Her second litter deserved to die"
"We all know why"
"Now this mouse-brain is dead"
"So we should all celebrate!"

Lightfur has had enough
So has the Clan
So they let Grass-step
Receive a permanent ban

He is made a rogue
A hated one too
Even after he died
He hated his mother without ado