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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| Once returned to human kind, Pecos Bill wanted to be the best at everything. He could draw a gun faster than anyone else. He could lift the most weight and run the fastest. And he could ride anything, almost. He rode a mountain lion. He could ride the wildest mustangs or meanest bulls. Once he tried to ride a tornado. He used his giant snake, named Shake, to lasso the tornado and then hopped on; but the tornado threw him--the only thing ever to throw him off. In fact his own horse was so wild, it was named Widow Maker. He didn't like anyone but Bill, so anyone else who got on him died, therefore, the name. Besides his lasso snake Shake, he had another snake he used as a whip. His favorite girlfriend, Slue Foot Sue, and eventually his wife, had her own big animals. She was known for riding down the Rio Grande on a giant catfish. Eventually, Pecos Bill settled down and proposed to Slue Foot Sue. Depending on where you heard the story, before the ceremony, during the ceremony, or during the reception, Sue wanted to ride Widow Maker. Widow Maker didn't like that. Sue didn't take off her bustle when getting on Widow Maker, so when he bucked her off, she bounced off her bustle up to the moon, hit her head and bounced back. After a day or two of bouncing, Bill realized he was going to have to do something, but everything he tried failed. He even used his snake Shake to try to catch her. One legend has it that she finally settled on earth but was so mad at Bill that she ran off and forgot him. He got depressed and went back to the coyotes. The other version is that she landed on the moon and stayed, so Bill got depressed and went back to the coyotes. The coyotes would sit and howl at the moon every night in sympathy for Bill's loss. That wasn't the end. One day, he went back to town near people. It so happened a fancy lawyer from Boston had arrived and thought he'd be a good cowboy. He bought a ten gallon hat, a big shiny, brass buckle, fancy lizard skin boots, spurs, the best cowboy pants, a western shirt with embroidery, a suede vest with fringe, and a silk scarf for his neck. Pecos Bill saw him sashaying into the saloon and started laughing. Bill lay down on the sidewalk and just died laughing. And that was the end of Pecos Bill. |
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