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.)
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