Texas Tall Tale

We Texans Love to hunt. Rabbits, birds, big game, You name it, We hunt it. Our rabbits here Are six feet tall, And one hundred fifty pounds. Our doves so big They are like clouds Blocking out the sun. Once hunting rabbits The Texas kind That we call Jackelopes, I seed one With two foot horns. Just as I was drawing a bead On him, He sprang over An old barbed wire fence Into another pasture. Of course I followed Leaving my double barreled Zavala Eibar Reclining against a fence post While I scaled the fence With my bare hands. It took me A couple of minutes of climblng Because I was bending the barbs With my fingers As I went. Just then A Texas gulley washer Broke right overhead. Texas gulley washers drop Twelve inches of rain But clear up in two minutes. Anyway By the time I got to the other side I realized that it had only Rained on the original pasture The one I was in now Was completely dry. So when I retrieved My shotgun I was not surprised to find One barrel full of rain water And the other barrel bone dry. Since my shotgun Was unusable I had to run down The Jackelope And beat it to death With my fists. Sure was tender. 5/25/14 ALTON TEXAS