OUT WHERE MEN ARE MEN



Divide the group into eight smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed below. Read the story. After each of the words is read pause for the group to make the appropriate response.

COWBOY(Raise right fist) Yippee!
HORSE(galloping sound on knees)
MULEhee-haw
DEPUTYHewent that a-way (point in 2 directions)
RATTLESNAKECAPrattle, rattle, rattle
TIMBER WOLF(wolf whistle)
CHIEF RED JACKET(Puts hand over brow, looks, and yells) Ki Yi
SHERIFF Bang, bang, bang


Once upon a time there was a COWBOY___ who went out on the Mojave Desert riding his HORSE___. Far off in the distance he could hear the TIMBER WOLF___. The COWBOY___ made camp and went fast asleep, first making sure that his HORSE___ was secure.

Now creeping along throughout the sandy desert came CHIEF RED JACKET___ riding his MULE___, Sitting Bull. He was pursued by the SHERIFF___ and his DEPUTY___. In his pocket CHIEF RED JACKET___ had a trained RATTLESNAKE___ whose name was Emma. This RATTLESNAKE___, Emma, was trained to creep up and bite the COWBOY___. While CHIEF RED JACKET___ crept up, the HORSE___ was afraid, the TIMBER WOLF___ howled, the COWBOY___ snored and Sitting Bull, the MULE___ was eating cactus.

In the meantime, the SHERIFF___ and his DEPUTY___ were almost ready to capture old CHIEF RED JACKET___. Just as Emma the RATTLESNAKE___ was about to bite the COWBOY___ and his HORSE___, the SHERIFF___ and the DEPUTY___ sprang their trap. "Halt, you are my prisoner", shouted the SHERIFF___ and the DEPUTY___.

The COWBOY___ woke up and mounted his HORSE___. This frightened the TIMBER WOLF___ and also the RATTLESNAKE___. Away went old CHIEF RED JACKET___ on his MULE______ and away went, in pursuit, the SHERIFF___, his DEPUTY___, the COWBOY___ and his HORSE___. CHIEF RED JACKET___ led them into a blind canyon, so that was the last that anybody ever saw of the COWBOY___, his HORSE___, the RATTLESNAKE___, the TIMBER WOLF___, the MULE___, the SHERIFF___ or the DEPUTY___.

-- '95 Fairfield County Council Paw Wow Book

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