They eat in the nearby cornfields and grass lands.

他们在附近的玉米地和草地上吃东西。

Today the area is a desert. But back when the first humans passed through, it was a region of well watered grass lands.

如今，这个地区是一片沙漠。但当第一批人类经过这里时，这里是一片水分充足的草地。

Besides, the beast was starving also, since the water had covered even the grass lands, and they had had to go far afield to gather even enough to cook its bones and flesh.

何况这头野兽也快饿死了， 因为水连草地都淹没了， 他们不得不跑到很远的地方去收集足够的东西来煮它的骨头和肉。