Pandapelt's Desire to Cook

### Introduction

*This story takes place in Pandapelt's Den, in the former WillowClan Camp. Pandapelt has discovered a fire inside his little brick box that Twolegs left behind. Pandapelt built his den around this little box.*

#### Pandapelt Finds Fire

On a warm and sunny day, Pandapelt finds a reddish bright and warm thing in side his little brick box. He calls Jaystar over to ask what it is, and he tells him: "That is fire, a hot and flickering creation by Twolegs. They use it to keep themselves warm on cold nights, but it produces a lot of smoke. I suggest you get rid of it right away, for it can burn your den down if not controlled." Pandapelt looks at the fire, looking ever so innocence. He decides to leave it alone.

#### Pandapelt Discovers Cooking

It has been a few days since Pandapelt has left the fire alone. Pandapelt has always been warm, even on cold nights, and has really enjoyed fire. One day, while carrying a mouse to the brick box to eat, as is his custom, he dropped it into the fire. Pandapelt was able to rescue it, and the fur on his paws were slightly scorched, but Pandapelt preferred his mouse to some fur on his paws. However, when he bit into the mouse, it tasted slightly different. It had a slightly bitter taste, but it tasted much better than normal mice. Immediately he runs to the food pile and announces his discovery. Slightly interested, a few cats follow him to his den with their food.

#### Pandapelt Attempts to Cook Again

When he reached the little brick box, he dropped Nutbreeze's mouse into the fire, this time on purpose. Nutbreeze was aghast, and attempted to save his mouse, just as Pandapelt did. When he finally got his mouse out, it was slightly more cooked than Pandapelt's mouse, but it was nevertheless cooked. Patiently, Pandapelt waited for Nutbreeze to eat.

#### The Discovery!

After his first bite, Nutbreeze exclaimed, "Wow! This tastes great!" He turned to Pandapelt and asked, or rather demanded, "How did you do this?" Pandapelt quickly explains everything from when he found the fire in the little brick box. For the next few days, people came to Pandapelt to ask him to cook their food. Soon, Pandapelt discovers that he doesn't have to drop the food in the fire and burn his paws trying to get it out. This time, Pandapelt holds the food above the fire, lets just little bit of flame touch the prey, and drop it to the ground.

#### Pandapelt Burns His Tail

A moon has passed since Pandapelt discovered cooking. Jaystar was the only one that resented his skills, for he was afraid it would burn down the camp, or even worse, kill one of the cats. He was right. Partially. It was a day when Pandapelt had a successful hunting session. He carried home a few mice. Bringing a mouse to his little brick box, he held it above the fire. For some reason, he was standing slightly closer to the little brick box than usual, and when Nutbreeze came in, he turned around, and his tail caught on fire. Pandapelt immediately felt this, and started running around and around in circles. One of the cats fetched some water, but by the time she was back, his tail had already been reduced to a tiny stub, similar to a panda's tail. After this, Pandapelt never cooked again.