The outlaw finds the rabbit hole

This one sees the outlaw almost captured and shot full of holes...

REVENGE

Passing through a canyon, the outlaw was half asleep in the saddle, when suddenly, a shot rang out and a bullet narrowly grazed the arm of the outlaw and knocked him off his horse. But before another shot could ring out, he rolled away behind a boulder and hid there.

Three more shots came then and hit the boulder dead square, but did no harm.

Who is firing them there bullets, Shouted the outlaw.

It’s me, Jack, said Jack, and fired off another bullet for good measure.

I should have guessed it was you, you bushwhacking son of a gun you.

That’s right, it’s me and I’ve come for my revenge.

Well you ain’t getting it from me.

Come out from behind that rock so I can get a good look at you.

What, so you can put a bullet in me?

I ain’t waiting here forever.

You’ll have to come and get me, ‘cos I’m not coming out.

So, it’s like that is it?

It sure is.

Looks like I get to wait you out then.

You’ll have a long wait.

We’ll see.

They both leaned back then and took out the makings for a smoke and listened to the silence all around them; until a cricket began chirping very loudly.

COFFEE TIME

Long before the end of the world came along to eat everything up, an Injun, hiding in the bushes with eyes all agog at all the bullets flying around decided not to move a muscle, and so stayed perfectly still.

In another bush over a ways were the girlfriends who’d followed their men to see what they were up to, and they too remained perfectly still and listening in to what was going on.

I wish I knew where we was, said the sheriff leading a posse of tired townspeople on the trail of some bank robbers that were long gone by now.

OK fellers, said the sheriff, it’s time for coffee.

The men all gave a sigh of relief at this and got down from their horses with muscles aching and backs a creaking.

Before long there was a pot of coffee brewing with the men all hunkered down and waiting for it.

A little dust devil came along then and did a tap dance to finish off with a pirouette and then curtsied to the applause before moving on somewhere else.

INTO THE DARKNESS

The outlaw was reading his notebook and was on page 27 of how to get out of a tight spot with only a toothbrush and an old used train ticket to nowhere when an idiot popped up and began singing on the breeze: this is the way to get out of here on his banjo.

It wasn’t long before everyone was singing the same tune as the full moon rose overhead and a wolf howled.

Now’s my chance to escape, thought the outlaw, and gathering himself together he crawled away into the darkness.

And then he came to a rabbit hole, and crawling down it, he became quite lost.

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The next part comes out tomorrow...

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