Clever Coyote聪明的郊狼

Once upon a time， a long ago， ahorrible monster stole all the buffalo2from the plains3 and put them in hismountain hideout.

“There，”beamed4 the monster.“Ihave enough food to last forever.”

A coyote called all the people andall the animals together in a greatmeeting to find out what they could do.No one had an idea. They were too afraidof the monster to think at all.

“I scouted5 the monster，” Coyotespoke up. “He lives with a very smallboy.”

“We cannot hurt a child，”said oneof the people.“Not even to get back ourbuffalo.”

“That is understood，” Coyotenodded. “But I was thinking... a smallboy must be very lonely with no one tolove except a horrible monster. I thinkwe should give him a pet. When thechance arises， the pet we send can setthe buffalo free.”

很久很久以前，一个可怕的怪物偷走了平原上所有的水牛，并把他们放在了他的山中藏身处。（剩余2587字）