iaintwildbill (iaintwildbill) wrote in voicesinmyhead, @ 2008-01-07 17:57:00 |
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Current location: | The Bunkhouse |
Current mood: | amused |
Entry tags: | jimmy hickok, prompt #09, prompt #10 |
Prompts #9 and 10
Don't seem like a whole lot lately, if I were to tell the truth. There's always the little things. Cody runnin' his mouth for starters. It's like that thing's got a mind of its own. And hell, it might as well use the one he's got, 'cause Lord knows he sure doesn't use it enough. He was telling me this hare brained thing the other day that, I swear, he made up. He had ta. Ain't no way what he said happened.
He swears he saw an elephant. Just walkin' through the countryside when he was on his run to St. Joe. Can you believe that? I mean, an elephant? I only saw one one time when I snuck out to the circus back when I was just a little kid and even I know, they don't live out in Missouri, much less walk around all alone like. I kinda feel bad now, 'cause when he told me, I swear I laughed right in his face. He hates it when I do that, but I just swear, if you coulda heard him hootin' and a hollerin' about this elephant... Makes me laugh just thinkin' about it.
... he had been lyin' about the damn elephant.
There really was an elephant. And then we really had to try and catch the damn thing, 'cause evidently it escaped from some circus that was out in the Kansas Territory. They came to Sweetwater and everybody was all excited, 'cause it ain't like that sorta thing happens every day around here. And Cody got ta talkin' to the guy who runs the thing and started talkin' about the blasted elephant. Next thing I know, me, Buck and Ike are stuck out in the middle of Missouri tryin' ta chase down the stupid beast while the rest of the boys got ta enjoy the dang circus. How Cody got outta that, I ain't ever rightly gonna know, but you best bet I'll get him back for it. He's lucky he ain't gonna be doin' my chores for the next week.