When Sweetness, the littlest orphan in mean old Mrs. Sump's home, runs away, the kindhearted sheriff sets off to find her. After all, poor, tiny Sweetness might meet up with Coyote Pete, the meanest, ugliest desperado in the West, so someone's got to save her. But Sweetness sure doesn't want to be saved if it means returning to Mrs. Sump's. And when Sweetness keeps refusing to stay saved, the sheriff finally realizes there's only one thing left to do.
