Cowboy Way

"Cowboy Way"

Three cowboys are sitting around a campfire, out
on the lonesome prairie, each with the bravado
for which cowboys are famous. A night of tall tales begins.

The first says, "I must be the meanest, toughest
cowboy there is. Why, just the other day, a bull got
loose in the corral and gored six men before I
wrestled it to the ground, by the horns, with my bare hands."

The second cannot stand to be bested. "Why that's
nothing. I was walking down the trail yesterday and
a fifteen-foot rattler slid out from under a rock and
made a move for me. I grabbed that snake with my
bare hands, bit its head off and sucked the poison
down in one gulp. And I'm still here today."

The third cowboy remained silent,
slowly stirring the coals with his pecker.
Received on Thu Jul 5 12:53:01 2007