"What is he doing here?"
"Have you ever seen a cat sleep like that?"
"That's the sweetest thing. Someone wake Squirrelflight; she needs to see this."
Purrs and stifled laughter echoed through the hollow.
"Oh, for StarClan's sake. Stormfur, would you take care of this?"
A paw prodded Sunpaw's side. "Sunpaw. Sunpaw… Sunpaw!"
Sunpaw blinked open his eyes. "Wh-huh?" He stared around wildly - half the Clan was staring at him.
"You awake, Sunpaw?"
Sunpaw swung his head around. Stormfur was gazing down at his apprentice, eyes shining with mirth. "Are you ready for training?" he teased.
Sunpaw wondered why it was so bright in his den. Then he remembered - he was out in the middle of the hollow! He had woken up before dawn to wait for Stormfur outside the warriors' den. He must have fallen asleep sitting up!
"Yes!" he cried, leaping to his paws. "Let's do battle training today, please!"
All around him, warriors burst into purrs. "Oh, Stormfur, you have to," Whitewing mewed. "Give it to him."
Stormfur's whiskers twitched. "Come on," he purred, leading the way to the thorn tunnel. Sunpaw padded after him eagerly. "Let's go to the training hollow."
All of ThunderClan rejoiced.
NOTES
Hope you are enjoying these intermissions as much as I am. Art of Sunpaw's doze is up on galacticskunk . tumblr . com!