The Epic Tale of Cody Coyote

A crescent moon lit the night sky over Yotetown. It was the dead of night, and a little cactus wren flew through the darkness, headed to a cabin wherein lived a very special Coyote. He spotted the house and perched on a windowsill. There he found him, curled up in his tail on a bed of hemp cloth stuffed with hay. All was quiet, all was peaceful so it seemed, until we look inside and find our hero in a dream. He spread his arms and took a breath as he stood upon a cloud. Then he took a bow, jumped from the sky, and landed in the crowd. "Cody! Cody! Cody! you're a hero!" they shouted in the streets. “You defeated the enemy and saved our town from destruction!” Everyone loved him. All the young pups wanted to be like him. And the she Yotes sang songs about him. He was a hero whose life was full of thrill and adventure. But that is neither how his life began, nor is it how this dream ended. Suddenly the young hero found himself falling from the sky into the mouth of a giant Cougar with saber-like teeth as tall as him! "I will devour you, son of Tyros!" Growled a thunderous voice from the pit below him. He struggled, flapping his arms, and grabbing at the air until the darkness swallowed him and shut its jaws. "Aauuu!" howled Cody, awaking from the nightmare. Eyes like an owl, a sweat bead rolling down his head, he caught his breath. "That's not how the dream is supposed to end…,” he stuttered.