Round 'Em Up And Move' Em Out ! And A Life On The Trail

Narrative Writing Prompt

“Round’em Up and Move ‘em Out!” and “A Life on the Trail” give information about how life was on a cattle drive. Think about what might have happened if you were actually participating on a drive.
Write a narrative for your teacher about being on a cattle drive. Be sure to include narrative elements such as sensory details, dialogue, figurative language, and description as they are appropriate in your writing. Use details and information from the passage in your narrative.

Writer’s Checklist

My narrative has an effective beginning, middle, and end.
My narrative flows smoothly from one idea to another.
My narrative develops plot, character(s), and setting.
My narrative includes specific and relevant details,
They have made it one tenth of the way on the 1000 mile journey. But suddenly he see a man riding a horse pulling 2 cows behind him. So he rides up to him and asks “Where did you get those two cows from Mr.” The guy jumped up and yelled to him “I just visited my brother that died a couple days ago and he gave me his last two cows he had.” The trail boss sat there and was thinking then he pulled his head up and said “Ok partner have a good trip” and he ran past his with his horse to check out the land over the hill. That night the cook made pork chops and beans. As the crew were gathered around the fire Mr.Betherum told the crew about the man and what's up ahead. The next morning they set out at sunrise. The trail boss goes up a head and sees a small town and he slows down to tell the rest of the crew. When everyone else catches up he tells them to stay there for a couple minutes and he rides into the town. He stops at the general store to get some more supplies. When he walks in everyone stops and stares at him. He can hear them whispering about him and asking who he is. He just starts walking around the store to fund some flower, salted meat and he asks if he could refill his canteen there. When he gets back to the crew it’s almost noon and they have to work late today if they want to keep going the same speed as they have been. Time passes and
Everyone goes to where the screaming was coming from and they see Johnny laying on the ground with a rattlesnake slithering next to him. They see blood coming through his pant leg. Festus, the point man, shot at the snake to make him leave. Then they all gather around him know they can’t do anything to save him. So they help him up and Mr.Betherum keeps telling him he is going to be okay. They help him back to the camp and set him up a place to lay down. They stopped the bleeding by tying a belt around his leg above the bite. The crew let the cattle roam around and eat. They stayed there for that night and the next day because they knew Johnny couldn’t do anything on his own. He died a day and a half later. They dug a hole to bury him in. They found a couple of large rocks to mark his grave. They buried him that night as the sun was going down. Then the next day they set off for the last day of the trip. Right when the trail boss went over a large hill he saw the town of El Paso Texas. He stopped and let the crew and cattle catch up. When they got to him they went into the town together. They started going into the town everyone gathered on the streets to see them. It was the largest herd of cattle that has ever gone through that town. They had to prepare all the cattle to be sold. When they sold all the cattle Mr.Betherum gave the crew their pay and they started back for Missouri. They got back and