An Enticing Option?

Freckles:

The crinkling sound went on for a bit, and then I heard a creak and a thud. Hmmmm. I knew I recognized that sound and my mouth was watering, so it must have something to do with food. Now that I was thinking about food, I realized that I was starved. I stretched my head out of the cave a little ways and searched the room. Nope, I didn’t see any food plate nearby. Darn. If I wanted food, I was going to have to go all the way down the long tunnel to my home place. Or, I thought, there was another enticing option...