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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Tall Tale--John Bill VS Davy Crocket

John Bill killed his first bear when he was three. I heard that John was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a newborn, John could holler so loud he scared all the fish out of the rivers and streams. His parents had to milk two dozen cows every morning and night to keep his milk bottle full and his mother had to feed him ten barrels of porridge every two hours to keep his stomach from rumbling and knocking the house down. Later, after his early years, he could skin a bear before you could clap your hands. In fact, he after he used his knife, he had to get a new one, because the old one was broken. John could spin his hands so fast, that he could make a tornado, and then he would jump onto the tornado and ride it around.One day, Davy Crockett challenged John to a contest. The Contest would have three parts, and the first part was a fishing contest. The second part was a hunting contest, and the third part was a wrestling contest. John gladly accepted. For the first part, Davy got to fish first. He took out his musket, and fired 500 shots into the pond. There was no fish left, so John went to a different pond. John screamed as loud as he could, and all the fish jumped out of the water. Then John quickly caught all of them with his knife. They both smiled at each other, because the first part was a tie.Secondly, was the hunting part, in which they both had to hunt an animal, and by the end of one hour, one of them would be chosen as the winner by a judge. So they both set out in search of an animal. John went into a forest looking for a bear to hunt. He found a bear cave, and he hollered as loud as he could to scare the bear. The bear was frightened alright. I think it screamed, but others think he was hollering back. But both ways, he was angry. John tried using his knife, but the bear was too tough. So John socked him in the face and he fell down. Then John kicked him so hard, he went flying and made Crater Lake when he hit the ground. John took him to the judge and Davy had caught an alligator. The Judge said it was a tie, so only the third part remained. Who ever wins this, wins the contest.Now came the wrestling part. A mat was made especially for this wrestling match. It was larger than a house, and Davy and John stepped onto the mat. John started the match by punching Davy so hard, that it would have sent a bull flying to Florida. But Davy stood his ground. John tried to punch him again, but it was now use. Davy was a mountain. John kept on trying to punch Davy across the mat, but he couldn’t. He got tired and tired until he fell asleep. John had lain down for more than 10 seconds. Davy had won. When John woke up, he was so angry that he lost the contest, the smashed his hands onto the ground so hard that he made the Grand Canyon. When the dirt went flying through the air, John kicked it so hard, that it made the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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