Painting of
Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue by Diana Magnuson
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Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue
Well, as you
boys know this is the last night of the camping trip. I've saved
a pretty special story for y'all. It's a little romantic, but I
suppose that's alright every once in a while. It all started
during the time I was palling around with Pecos Bill. Bill and I
were good friends, as you boys already know. Bill and I were
having some fun at the Perpetual Motion Ranch with a whole slew of
other cowboys. We was all laughin' and carrying on down in the
river when I saw the most beautiful creature in the world. I
think old Pecos Bill saw too, because I looked over and his eyes were
lit up just like mine. This delicate flower was a young
woman. She had hair gold as the sun and a smile as big as the
great state of Texas. I could feel my heart pounding as I looked
over at my friend once more. Something had come over him.
Yup, Pecos Bill was in love. I knew that he was meant to be with
that woman, so like a gentleman, I stepped aside. As that little
lady was passing by on the biggest catfish I ever did see, Bill
hollered out a proposal. It was a marriage proposal. Well,
me and the other cowpokes could not believe our ears, but it was
true. Pecos Bill had just asked a woman to marry him.
Needless to say, the young
woman said yes. She had a few conditions though. Bill had
to buy her a dress with a bustle and he had to let her ride his
faithful horse Lightening to the ceremony. Well, Bill knew he
could accommodate this. Bill went all the way to Dallas to buy
his lady Miss Slue-Foot Sue the fanciest dress they had. It was
mighty pretty on her if I do say so myself. The second request
was going to be pretty difficult to deliver. Slue-Foot Sue was
the best woman rider anyone had ever seen. But she was no match
for Lightening. That horse bucked her off faster than you can say
whoa. She flew straight up into the sky, soaring until she nearly
bumped her head on the moon. She came down fast to earth, but her
bustle made her shoot back into outer space. This continued for
quite a while and probably would have for the rest of her life if a
tornado hadn't come along. Bill lassoed it and brought his bride
back to the earth. They didn't just come straight down
either. That Texas sized storm carried Bill and Sue all the way
to California. And you know what? They two of them landed
on the top of a wagon. It belonged to Pecos Bill's mother and
father. Everyone was so happy to be reunited and to have a new
member of the family, Slue-Foot Sue. I know this story may have
been a little sappy for you boys, but it has a happy ending. A
good ending to our last story makes for a nice ending to one of the
best camping trips I've had the privilege of going on.
Intro
Frametale
Me
and Pecos Bill
Me
and that Steel Driving Man
The
North Woods
Me
and Gib Morgan
My Pal Johnny Appleseed
e-mail me!
Jennifer Kirkwood
Bibliography:
Kellogg,
Steven
1986 Pecos Bill. New
York: William Morrow and Company.
I used one of the stories in
this book for this story. I changed it by telling the story from
a first person point of view. I also changed language that was
used to tell the story. I tried for a little change in dialect to
make it more Texan. The person that is telling the story, Slim
was a friend of Pecos Bill. He falls in love with Slue-Foot Sue
when Pecos Bill does. This did not happen in the original story.
Image:
Diana Magnusson.com.
Painting of Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue on a catfish.
Websource: http://www.dianamagnuson.com/pecosbill.html