The+One+an'+only+Billy+Holland

__** The one an’ only Billy Holland **__ __** “Heehaw,” was the first thing Billy Holland said when he first ‘rived in our small little town of Bucks Ville, South Dakota. I’d know ‘cause I’m the first person he ever met that lives in the west. I’m Rachel Witey and I met this city-slicker, trying to be a cowboy when he first came to town. Little boy he was for 11 years old. He had the blackest hair any o’ us ever seen and light brown eyes with a “cowboy” outfit like we wears out here in South Dakota. Well sorry to hurt ‘is feelings, but we folks don’t wear red, white, an’ blue cowboy outfits likes he did for that one day. Me, I’m a normal little gal, also 11 with light brown hair almost blond and hazel eyes, only one difference between me an’ other girls, I HATE dresses, but I have to put up with them anyways. Then, there’s miss fabulous who gets everything she wants, with long blond hair that shines as bright or brighter than the sun itself! With bright green eyes an’ the fanciest clothes, you’d think we was living in the city. She’s also 11, a day older than me, always gettin’ what she wants including boys, she’s none other than Luciellia Love Hiden, she’s kind of a bully, and all guys drop at her feet. One thing nice out in South Dakota is the wide vast land an’ nothin’ but buffalo and plains all ‘round ya. Then, there are the people that live in Bucks Ville that ruin everythin’. **__ __** Billy’s been ‘round here for a few days now. He even pulled pranks on Luciellia, which no one’s had the guts to do before. One day, Billy an’ I were out walking the wide vast plains with nothin’ to do, when we heard a scream come from Luciellia, who was following us without us knowing she was there, we ran over there when….. we got grabbed by some outlaws, robbers. They had Luciellia too! Boy, this is where it’ll really start! They blindfolded all three of us an’ put us up on their golden, brown spare horses, hauled us out to some cave I’ve never seen, took off our blindfolds, put us in a spot far from the entrance and tied us there, and shouted, “Farewell little children,” very, very, very bitterly with chuckles following it. BOOM! They blew up the entrance, rocks come tumblin’ down and we was trapped with dust everywhere. “We’re gonna starve to death in her!” Luciellia shouted, “Quit breathing! I need all the air that I can get so I might have a chance of living!” It went pitch black and the only thin’ you could her was Luciellia gasping for air. **__ __** “Quit complaining Luciellia,” Billy said feeling around on the ground ‘til he felt something, “I found something!” He turned a switch, and it turned out to be a lantern. **__ __** “Untie us will ya!” I shouted in his face **__ __** “Okay, Okay,” Billy said as he untied my hands and then Luciellia’s. We searched the cave and found diamonds, but we couldn’t get them out. The city-slicker Billy did something unbelievable. He charged the stones, got them loose, and picked everyone of them up, ‘til there were no more to move out of the way. He lead us back home and then just walked off towards the mountains. “I’m the one an’ only Billy Holland. I can jump over a mountain, wrestle a bear, and I’m the strongest person that ever lived an’ I can lift a mountain an’ many more things,” he shouted back at us until he was almost out of sight when, Boom! Something or someone took Billy Holland. **__ __** “Ow, ow, ow!” Thud! What’s going on, I can’t see a thing!” shouted Luciellia. **__ __** “I think we’re in the cave again, but I don’t see how they come ‘round an’ snatched us again,” I said confused **__ __** “Rachel Witey, are you talkin’ to me ‘cause there’s no body in her other ‘en us,” Luciellia said very shyly. **__ __** “Ya ain’t ‘lone down here’s!” shouted a low, deep voice. A bright light suddenly popped up in front of us makin’ us scream our heads off. “Yeehaw,” the man shouted, “they’ve given me two pertty lil’ ladies.” **__ __** This man was very strange. He had almost no hair, a face like a pumpkin with a round, buggery nose, long, crooked fingernails and toenails, with half of a blue shirt on with tears all over it. “Now,” he said when he turned out the light, “Billy Holland’ll help you get out.” An’ right when he said it, Billy lifted the mountain above them, stretched his arm out, grabbed us, knoded to the old man who saluted Billy, an’ before we knew ir Luciellia an’ I was sitting in my bedroom with Billy sound asleep. **__ __** “We’ll ask him in the morning what tonight was about, okay Luciellia,” I said softly. **__ __** “Okay Rachel,” she said dumbfounded, “Goodnight!” **__ __** “Goodnight,” I said as I crawled into bed. **__ __** In the morning, when Luciellia an’ I woke up, Billy Holland was gone with only a note left behind which read; **__ __** “Dear Rachel Witey and Luciellia Hiden, **__ __** I’m sorry but I had to leave, for you two don’t need me anymore. You’re great friends whether you know it or not and have learned that everybody has a good side to ‘em. **__ __** Billy Holland.” **__ __** “He drew a mountain on here. He had formed the Rocky Mountains by hand and with his booming voice,” Luciellia said looking at the letter before adding, “His voice will be echoing in the mountains” And sure enough it was. An’ he became a small story out here in Bucks Ville, South Dakota. An’ that’s his story. **__ __** Heidi Propson **__