Just my speculation but maybe the event prize is a character that drops energy and/or expansion parts since the last event was for food. They usually don't do back to back food droppers. Either way I...
Dead trees are stingy with the cookie crumbs. Chopped 3 trees and only got crumbs (lol) - only got 2 cookie crumbs. Muffins seem to have a better ratio and drop from all the usual trees.
I wondered what was up with the storyline. Lol I figured they just jumped directly into the event with no back-story. I'm getting dialogue now but apparently missed a bunch before so too late for...