Yes, perhaps in some mountain goats stories there are no children involved. Many stories about mountain goats might focus on their own behaviors, habitats, or interactions among adult goats without including elements related to children.
Maybe because the main focus of mountain goats stories is on the goats' survival in their natural habitat. Their ability to climb, find food, and avoid predators is more interesting to tell without involving children.
Maybe the mountain goats in the story are not ordinary ones. They could be possessed by some evil spirits, which makes them act in a very creepy way, like attacking hikers without any warning.
You can add the element of a hidden, ancient curse related to the mountain goats. For instance, anyone who disturbs the mountain goats will be haunted by a dark force.
The three billy goats want to cross a bridge to a meadow to get fat. Under the bridge lives a mean troll. The smallest billy goat goes first. The troll tries to stop him but the goat says the bigger one is coming. Then the middle - sized billy goat goes. The troll tries to stop it too, but it also says the bigger one is coming. Finally, the biggest billy goat goes. When the troll tries to stop it, the big billy goat butts the troll into the water and they all cross the bridge safely and get fat in the meadow.
The main characters are the three billy goats and the troll. The three billy goats are different in size, with one being small, one medium and one large. And the troll is the obstacle that they need to overcome on their way to cross the bridge.
Children can learn about courage. The biggest goat was not afraid of the troll and fought it. They can also learn about cleverness like the two smaller goats who used the idea of the bigger goat coming to avoid being eaten by the troll.
The following were some recommended novels about children in the mountain village: Life in the Mountain Village is a Little Field, Wild Flowers in the Mountain Village, The Unique Little Shennong in the Mountain Village, Nest in the Mountain Village, Reborn as the Village Overlord, Mountain Village Chicken Tycoon, and so on. These novels were set in a mountain village and told different plots and characters. These novels might give readers a new perspective and emotional experience about life in the mountain village.
The horse and the two goats are symbols. The horse represents the Western idea of value, perhaps something grand and antique. The two goats, on the other hand, represent the simple rural value of the villager. They are his livelihood and his small but important possessions.
The wolf tried to trick the little goats by changing his voice. He made his voice sound gentle and soft like their mother's so that the little goats would think it was their mother and open the door.
I'm not sure specifically as I haven't read 'the goats novel'. It could be about actual goats, like their lives in a farm or in the wild. Maybe it's a story of a person's relationship with goats.