The Death of Pecos Bill
A New Mexico Tall Tale
retold by
S. E. Schlosser
Now, Pecos Bill didn't live forever. Nope, not even Bill could figure out how to do that. Here's how he died.
When Bill was gettin' on in years, a Boston man came down to New Mexico for a visit. He fancied himself a bit of a cowboy. Got himself one of them mail-order suits, don't ya know. The ones with the lizard skin boots, a shiny brass belt buckle, a new pair of blue jeans and a huge ten gallon hat with not a speck of dust on it. Well, when Pecos Bill saw him trying to swagger into a bar, he jest lay down on the sidewalk and laughed himself to death!
You can read about Pecos Bill and the Haunted House in Spooky Southwest by S.E. Schlosser.
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sad story
Posted by: trelvis grifin | September 1, 2010 01:23 PM
it was a very great story i thought
Posted by: Anonymous | September 2, 2010 08:07 PM
funny
Posted by: Anonymous | September 17, 2010 10:09 AM
I thought the story was a little bit short but very humourous
Posted by: Anonymous | October 3, 2010 12:56 PM
That's sad and hilarios
Posted by: Tye | October 3, 2010 06:02 PM
Now this one I can believe, but just because it makes good sense, because I don't believe everything that I hear.
Posted by: Ted Maybury | October 20, 2010 11:27 PM
thats sad but how can u die by laughing so hard loL
Posted by: Anonymous | November 1, 2010 09:32 AM
@anonymous...i guess a person could be laughing and not have any energy to stop for breath
Posted by: Anonymous | November 4, 2010 12:43 PM
so funny. i loved it
Posted by: molly | January 5, 2011 10:26 AM
so sad and i just read the story.
Posted by: anonymous | January 13, 2011 08:01 PM
I think that this story was very sad
Posted by: Anonymous | January 21, 2011 09:24 AM
It was weird but funny.
Posted by: Luke | January 24, 2011 03:00 PM
weird but awesome i think its kinda sad
Posted by: makenzie mcintire | March 14, 2011 12:19 PM
awwww poor Bill but how could someone laugh their self to death
Posted by: makenzie | March 14, 2011 12:21 PM
Very funny it would be kinda funny to die of laughing so hard
Posted by: locker | April 6, 2011 01:57 PM
It is weird!!!!!!!
Posted by: Aaron | May 4, 2011 11:41 AM
It is eerie
Posted by: Aaron | May 4, 2011 11:42 AM
It is weird and cool
Posted by: Aaron | May 4, 2011 11:43 AM
so.....lonely story
Posted by: marie ana | July 19, 2011 08:50 AM
i just want to ask why pecos bill did not bite the cowboy?
Posted by: ferrliza | July 31, 2011 10:54 PM
its sad
Posted by: Anonymous | October 2, 2012 10:53 AM