A Tree At Last! (open)

Carien had been on her feet for weeks.  Normally, the small lemur would never leave the safety of the jungles and forests she had been raised in, but recently she had felt some sort of pull in this direction.  She left the safety of her trees to travel, spending her days asleep in any sort of shrub, bush, tree, or burrow she could find and her nights carefully travelling.  At first, her knees, hips, and paws had ached.  This wasn't her natural style of travel.  But eventually, her body had grown used to it as her determination drove her onward.  She'd learned to pull insects from the dirt instead of rotting logs.  But as a dead tree appeared on the horizon, she couldn't hide her excitement.  She picked up the pace, running towards it as quickly as she could.  She scampered up the crumbling and immediately began tapping away at the bark to find the grubs that were sure to be inside, almost entirely consumed in her task and grateful that it was still dark.  The sun wouldn't rise for a few hours more, giving her plenty of time to feast.