Some Fishing
Characters
: City Dude and any number of cowboys. Cowboys wear chaps and neckerchiefs
Props:
Coil of Rope, branding iron (made from clothes hanger), corral fence (Fence can be painted on big pieces of cardboard and propped against step stools)
Setting:
Back in time a ways at a corral. Cowboys are sitting on or leaning on fence. City Dude enters looking at everything with great interest.
City Dude:
This is my first trip to this marvelous west of yours. I do find everything so unusual. I'm so interested in everything. Do you suppose you fellows could explain a few things to me?
1st Cowboy:
What did you want to know?
City Dude:
What do you keep inside this fence?
2nd Cowboy:
Sometimes we keep steers and sometimes broncos.
City Dude:
(pointing to the branding iron) What do you do with this metal contraption?
3rd Cowboy:
That's for brandin' 'em so everybody'll know who they belong to.
City Dude:
Why do you wear those funny pants?
4th Cowboy:
Those aren't our pants! They're chaps! We wear them over our pants when we're ridin' the range to keep the rough bushes and cactus from scratchin' us up.
City Dude:
Why do you wear your handkerchief around you necks?
5th Cowboy:
That's what we call a neckerchief. In a dust storm or when we're movin' the herds, we put it up over our nose and mouth to help keep the dust out. (demonstrates)
City Dude:
What do you use that coil of rope for?
1st Cowboy:
That's what we use to catch steers and broncos.
City Dude:
That's all very interesting. I was just wondering about one more thing. What kind of bait do you use? (Cowboys look at each other shaking their heads and roll with laughter.)
