Pecos Bill
"They call me Pecos Bill. If you can't tell by my accent, or my name, I'm a southern boy from the great ol' state of Texas. I'm sixteen years old. My hobbies include ridin' my good ol' horse, Lightning, aka Widow-Maker. Wanna know why I call him Widow-Maker? Because he is so darn fast and wild, and I'm the only man who can ride him! He will buck off any other man who tries to ride him, and that man will fall to his death! I seen it happen! Well, anyways, I'm really good with the lasso. I've been practicing ever since I was a little fella."
"Wow, Bill. Good skills you have. What is lasso?" Tarzan asked.
"Well, Mr. Tarzan sir, lasso is when you use a rope to catch cattle or other animals. But, in my case, I lasso with my rattlesnake, Shake. He's never failed me! I've even managed to lasso a twister!" said Pecos Bill.
Tarzan reacted with wide eyes. "Rattlesnake? Rattlesnake dangerous! One bite and they kill! I had many fights with them in jungle, and I win every time! You brave, Bill. Tarzan glad you made friends with rattlesnake. Can you tell us how you become feral?
"I sure can, Mr. Tarzan. See, I was just a baby when my family decided to move. Me, my parents, and my eighteen siblings were all packed into a couple covered wagons. Somehow, I fell out of that darn sucker unnoticed right by the Pecos River."
"That must be how you got your name, Pecos Bill," said Jane.
"Yes ma'am, it was."
"Well, Pecos Bill, we are curious to hear what happened next. Please continue."
"A pack of coyotes took me in and raised me. Oh boy, I sure do miss them. They were real nice to me, but not so much to other living things. I suppose that's how coyotes are. Heck, I spent so much time with them that I really thought I was a coyote, until my brother found me. I was hanging out near the river, and all-a-sudden here comes some other cowboy with a herd of long-horns. We looked at each other for a minute, and all-a-sudden he perked up and said, 'Ain't you my brother?' At the time I really thought I was a coyote, so I told him 'Heck no, don't you see I'm a coyote?' I howled at the moon, and he called me nuts. He started saying things that made sense, like how come I stood upright like a person, why didn't I have a bushy tail like coyotes do, and how come I could talk. He told me to stop foolin' around on the prairie and go back home with him, and learn how to be a real cowboy like the rest of them. So I went."
"Wow. Well, thank you for sharing that story with us, Pecos Bill. How long have you been back with your family?" Jane inquired.
"I've only been back with my family for about four months now, and they wanted me to attend your school so I could socialize more. They're good people. My mama isn't there though. They said she died from a heart attack after they discovered they had lost me."
"Oh, Bill. Tarzan sad about mother's death," Tarzan said. Jane and the other students nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Mr. Tarzan. It's sad, but I don't remember her much anyway." Pecos Bill suddenly started to smile. "Mr. Tarzan, you know how you saw Ms. Jane for the first time and pretty much fell in love? Well, the same thing happened to me."
Remus got curious, and burst out, "Pecos Bill, tell us about her! How'd you meet her? What does she look like? What's her name?"
Pecos Bill had a glow to him, and perked up. "Ladies and gents, her name is Slue-Foot Sue. I was out fishing with the rest of the pack when all-a-sudden some beauty comes down the river riding a big ol' catfish! My stomach started hurtin', and I couldn't pay attention to anything else but her. So, we started talking. Man, she sure is purty. She has long red hair that she likes to keep in two braids, and she's got a wild little personality. She doesn't live too far from my family's place. We get to see eachother all the time. I'm gonna marry that girl. I'm thinkin' about using Shake to lasso down the stars for her and ask her to be Mrs. Slue-Foot Sue Pecos. Do you think she'll like that?" Pecos Bill looked at the brown-haired girl sitting next to him, waiting for an answer.
"I mean... I guess that's romantic. I don't know. Sure...?" the girl replied.
Pecos Bill, a little disappointed at the lack of approval, looked at Jane and said, "Well, Ms. Jane, that's all there is to my life right now."
Jane smiled and nodded at Pecos Bill. "Thank you for sharing that very interesting and wild story with us, Pecos Bill." She looked at the girl with brown hair and asked, "Would you like to go next?"
"I guess." she said.
"Great!" said Jane. "Let's start off with your name."