Your sleep is interrupted...

Suddenly your dry eyes pop open as your large pointed ears pick up a quiet sound from nearby. You quickly look at your traps and they are still where you left them, and you don't smell anything unusual inside the tree.

The fact that you noticed the sound in the first place is because the rain has finally stopped (you're alive!). Just beyond the opening of your shelter you can make out a faint glimmer of purplish light signalling the sun's advent a few hours from now.

You take your small dagger into your right and and crawl slowly towards the front of your shelter. Whether from fear or the lingering cold (or both), your teeth begin to chatter suddenly.

*Crunch* You hear another sound, louder this time, although its not clear if it was closer or just louder this time.

You peek around the side of the tree to find the source of the sound coming from the early morning gloom. Your eyes finally settle on a small creature not far from where you are right now, but whatever it is, its smaller than you by a couple feet.

You decide not to move for the moment since any sudden move could alert the creature to your presence. So you watch, and wait...