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Old Dog and Coyote Rewrite By Joshua Pullen

A long time ago in a Mexican desert, there was an old dog, and he lived with a chicken farmer. The farmer found a wolf making the chickens panic one day, and the old dog was just asleep. The farmer yelled at the dog to wake up and to go find his own food. Hungry, the old dog went into the desert. He searched around in cactus and yucca plants for rodents and lizards to eat. He turned when he heard a howl, and saw Coyote jumping. He walked over to Coyote. “What are you doing?” he snarled. The Coyote replied to not bother him, because he was practicing for his big jump. The dog asked, “Where are you going to jump?” The Coyote bragged that he was the best jumper in the desert. “I am going to jump over a giant cactus,” he said. The dog told him that he was very foolish, and that he could not jump over a cactus. “Anything is possible if you practice enough. Watch me try!” the Coyote replied. In front of them was a giant, prickly cactus. Coyote took a great running leap and landed right on top of the cactus. The dog had never heard a howl as loud as the one that Coyote made when he hit the cactus. Coyote fell to the ground covered in prickly thorns. The old dog could not bear to see him in this condition, and he decided to help. The old dog spent the next couple of hours pulling the thorns out from Coyote, and when he was finished, Coyote was grateful and told him what a great dog he was. But the old dog disagreed. “I am just a useless watchdog, and I can’t guard the chickens because nobody is afraid of me. Now the farmer will not feed me.” Coyote was determined to make it up to him though, and whispered his plan into the old dog’s ear. That night when the dog went back to the chicken farmer, he was ready for Coyote. Soon he was there, causing so much noise that the farmer woke up and came outside. He saw the old dog chasing Coyote, who ran away with his tail between his legs. The farmer said, “Good job! I see that you are not a useless watchdog! Tomorrow I will give you a fine bone.” The old dog and Coyote repeated this act for many nights, and the farmer fed the dog well to the day that he died.

Old Dog and Coyote by me! By Liz J. A long time ago there lived a cute little watchdog with the biggest brown eyes. He lived with a corn farmer in a Mexican desert. His job was to keep all the crows away from his corn, since he couldn’t find a good scarecrow. One day the dog was taking a nap while crows were eating all the corn. The farmer was not happy and told the dog he would have to find his own food today. The dog slowly picked himself up and walked away looking for food. He got very lucky to find a big pool of water very close to the farm, but he was still very hungry. He bent down to the water and sipped slowly enjoying the cold liquid. But out of the corner of his eye he saw movement. He turned his head slowly. He thought he was the only one out in the desert at this time of day, but there was a coyote jumping up and down.

“Why are you jumping up and down?” The dog asked.

“Sorry… can’t talk… to busy… training.” The coyote said jumping. He got higher and higher as he continued. “I am going to jump over that pool of water you were just drinking out of.”

“But it’s way too big, you’ll never make it.” But the coyote didn’t listen. He jumped as far as he could but landed in the water, very wet. Now the coyote was sad, wet, and badly wanted to be dry. The dog didn’t like seeing him like this so all afternoon he spent cleaning the dog and getting him dry again. The coyote was so happy, and he thought the dog was the best watchdog anybody could have. So then the dog told the coyote about what happened with the farmer, so the coyote decided to help him.

“Why do you want to help me?” the dog asked.

“You were kind to me so I must return the favor.”

It turns out the coyote was really good friends with a crow. So he asked him if he would go and eat the corn and run away when the dog came. The crow said he would do it and after that the farmer came up to him and said

“You are truly a great watchdog, you may stay and I will feed you.”

The coyote watched from a hill right by the farm and was very happy, he was happy. Every few days the crows would come back for corn and run away when the farmer would come out. In the end the farmer was happy, the crows were happy, the coyote was happy, and the dog was the happiest of all. The End