Beyond the Farthest Star: Chronicles #2

Synopsis

After crash landing on another planet, Tangor is chased up a tree by a horned four-footed beast. A small, simian-like creature in the same tree tries to drive off the beast by throwing coconuts at it. The maddened beast reacts by charging and knocking down the tree and starts to chase the simian-like creature. To save the creature, Tangor attacks the beast and gets it to chase him, instead. Through good luck, he happens to kill the beast. In gratitude the simian-like creature leads him towards the mountains to meet his (much larger) relatives.