[ Ruby starts with what she feels to be a good offer - not too high, not too low - of sugar cubes for all of the goats to be delivered within a day of their return. In her experience, most diurnal animals understood the concept of 'day' and 'night', and her promise was, more precisely, to get the food to them before the next morning. ]
[ The old goat wastes no time in turning to the wolf fella and lets free a short bleat. And you? What do you have to offer?
She knows an opportunity to get something out of both of them when she sees it. She hasn't lived this long and gained this much respect without having learned how to take advantage of a situation! ]
[ It's at this moment that Ruby realises that this goat knows how to drive a hard bargain. ]
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[ The old goat wastes no time in turning to the wolf fella and lets free a short bleat. And you? What do you have to offer?
She knows an opportunity to get something out of both of them when she sees it. She hasn't lived this long and gained this much respect without having learned how to take advantage of a situation! ]
[ It's at this moment that Ruby realises that this goat knows how to drive a hard bargain. ]