Pecos Bill
By Anja

Not too long ago we read a book called Pecos Bill. I think it is fiction. It was about a boy named Bill who gets lost and is raised by coyotes. Soon a guy named Chuckwagon Chuck found him and raised him the rest of the way.Then the Bandana Bandits tried to bushwack them, but they were plumb broke. Bill told them that they should rope cows for a living. They did and brought them to Kansas to sell. Sluefoot Sue who ran Kansas didn’t want to buy them she said they look maingy. Pecos Bill asked SluefootSue to marry him. She said no, some people say he died of a broken heart.

We put a play on for this story.

Pecos Bill
Sherece

When we did the play Pecos Bill we did it very good. My part was being the coyote and Elizabeth was mainly the cow, most of the time. I really wonted to be Sorer dos Sale, but I didn’t get the part. We had so much fun doing the play. I think it will be fun to do the play again.

I think the play would’ve been the coolest play if we had the right costumes for the play. At the end I found out that being the cow and the coyote wasn’t as bad. Anyways I really enjoyed doing the play Pecos Bill.

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Chase

Our group did very good. I was Chuck and I was one of the people with the longest parts. Josh was good at playing bill. We got messed up a little bit but we did a pretty good job.

Joe was the director. He was really good. It was really fun because we would practice a lot and go though the play. It was really funny when the other group did the part with the tornado because Danny was the tornado and he was spinning all around. At the end he sat down because he was so dizzy. In The end of our play the cowboys were suppose to throw their hats up and when I threw my hat up and I caught it on my head.

I think that It was better practicing than actually doing the play. It brought the group together more than before. The first day was one of the best.

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Ethan

Two weeks ago we read Pecos Bill a play. We had to read it a lot to memorize our lines. We needed to memorize the lines because we had to do the play. Our group invited Miss Bishop and her class to watch.

When we did the play we looked weird because we looked like cowpokes. There were a lot of people in our group. The cast was Hardtack Hank [me], Pecos Bill[Josh], Ma[Katie], Pa[Stephen], SlueFoot Sue[Ashley], and FlapJack[Jake].The other people were cows or coyotes. Jon was the narrator though. Doing the play of Pecos Bill was really fun.

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Danny

I had fun being in the play. Gus was Pecos Bill, I was Pa, Kaytlyn was Ma, Matt was the director, and Orion, Kathrine, and Joyslyn were all bandana bandits. Everyone was doing the same play just in two different groups. It was half-and-half. Half of the class was in one play the other was the same play just different people.

The play was defenitly fiction. Pecos Bill rode on a tornado, was raised by wolves, and hooked a two ton trout. The play came from the book. My class had to read the book before they could do the play. I memorized all of my lines. It was pretty hard but I didn’t have to many lines. I had lots of fun reading and doing the play.

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Gus

The Pecos Bill play was pretty cool it had a lot of defaults, but it was fun. It had a lot of weird stuff in it. I was Pecos bill the main roll in the play. I got to do a lot of funny things and say a lot of funny stuff. The play was a tall tale or a story that is made up to tell for entertainment.

Being Pecos Bill was fun. He was the strong as an ox, quick as a jackrabbit and could sing like a coyote. He got to tame twisters, wrestle rattlers and lasso longhorns. He was Pecos Bill the best cowboy in the west.

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Katie

Last week our class preformed a play for Mrs. Bishop's class. The play was called Pecos Bill. I think everyone did really well. Almost all of my friends were in my group. I was Ma. She was supposed to be mad because there were people seatiling so close. That's why they left in the first place. Bill got lost on the Pecos River. He was fishing when he caught a huge fish and was dragged all around Kansas.

Ashley was Miss Kansas and Sherece and Elizabeth were the cattle and coyotes. Steven was pa and Chase was chuck. Angela was sourdough sal. Ethen and Jake were the other Bandana bandits. Jon was the narrator and josh was bill. In the end bill and Miss Kansas sort of get married. That's how the play went.

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Steve

When we did the play Pecos Bill I had a good time. I was pa. In the costume it was really hot. I had to give half of my costume away so other people had the right props.

When we did the play we invited Mrs. Bishop's class. They thought the play was good. I liked doing the play. I hope. I can read it again.

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Angela

I was in the play Pecos Bill. The director was Joe. He chose every bodies part in the play. I was Sourdough Sal. He picked us by our attitude and the characters act was. I want to do a play in class again it was fun.

We did not argue about who was who in the play. There was two doing the play. My group did it first because we were ready first. The other group argued about the play. It was very fun doing the play and Joe was a good director. I liked doing the play.

Here the class is practicing for the performance.

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