The Little Cowboyby Grandpa Sumsion
Once upon a time a very very long time ago, there was this wanna-be cowboy. He met a pretty little girl and they fell in love and got married. Soon a real cowboy was born.
As he grew older, this real cowboy fell in love with all animals--especially horses---and he wanted to ride. The only horse available was his father's horse which was too frisky for a young cowboy to handle. But, he tried to ride it any way and it run away with him a couple of times.
So, his father, the wanna-be cowboy, bought a more gentle horse for his little Cowboy to ride.
He rode this horse from daylight to dawn.
He rode it east to the river to swim.
He rode it west to the lake to swim.
He rode it all over the town to play with his friends.
One day, he rode it to his friends house about three miles away. Later that day the wanna-be cowboy looked out the window. Guess what he saw?
Here came his son's horse scared and running as fast as horse could. The wanna-be cowboy looked again and saw a little red wagon bouncing up and down behind the horse with a rope tied to the saddle horn. Every time the wagon hit the ground, the horse would run faster.
There was no Cowboy on the horse and no Cowboy in the wagon. The horse ran straight to the barn and stopped. The wanna-be cowboy never did find out why the wagon was tied to the horse. Maybe some day the Cowboy might tell his grandkids and the story could end.
Later, the Cowboy met a pretty little girl and they got married and rode of into the sunset.
And they lived happy ever after.
{I asked my dad why he tied the wagon to the horse...and apparently he was giving rides to the neighborhood kids in it. Then he decided it looked like fun. So, he put an 8 year old neighbor boy in the saddle--and he hopped in the wagon. After a ways, the horse got spooked and took off out of control. The little boy jumped off quick-like before the horse got going too fast. This left my dad still sitting in the wagon being pulled by a runaway horse. Eventually, dad bailed out too. The horse returned home...without my dad. And that folks...is the rest of the story.}
4 comments:
That story was pretty darn cute.
From the man himself...
Nic--It was a true story except I was not home at the time but heard through the grape vine. I think he had told me the ending before. had to make it more interesting.
Love Gramps
You, my dear, MUST make that in to a children's book. It would be adorable!
What a cute story. - what a great idea to make a childrens book from it.
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