Ember's Light in the Desert

Listen closely because the desert holds a secret most never discover. Under a pearl moon,

a tiny tortoise named Ember carried something impossible on her shell. Not sand,

not stones, but captured starlight that pulsed like a heartbeat. The other creatures

thought she moved too slowly to matter, until the night went dark. When storm clouds

swallowed the moon, panic rippled through the dunes. The swift fox stumbled. The clever meerkat

lost his way. But Ember's shell began to glow, each star fragment awakening like fireflies

trapped in amber. She didn't rush. She couldn't. Instead, she became a walking

lighthouse, her slowness transforming into steadiness. The fox learned to match her pace.