Huckleberry Hound: Hero of the Stage

Act 4: Pest of the West

Huck landed the balloon, and when they got off, they climbed onto a horse. Huck grabbed the reigns, and called out "Giddy up, horsie!"

The horse reared up and neighed, and then galloped into town. There were a few happy cheers and a bit of applause that came from the audience. They loved seeing Huck as a cowboy. It was one of their favorite roles they'd seen him play in his cartoons.

"Yahoo!" one man shouted. "Go, cowboy Huck!"

"Yee-haw!" a woman hollered.

"Go, Huckleberry!" Clementine added. "You're my hero!"

Huck and Lyra were galloping as fast as they could into town. "Yahoo!!" Huck yelled. "Yee-haw!! Yippee-ki-yay! Ridin' cowboy!"

They soon arrived in the town, and entered the saloon nearby. "Howdy, partners!" the hound greeted with a tip of his hat.

The other folks in the town turned to Huck and smiled. "Howdy!" they replied.

Huck and Lyra went over to the soda maker and sat down.

"We'll have two chocolate sodys, please."

"Comin' right up!"

And the soda maker made two chocolate milkshakes for Huck and Lyra to share.

"Thank you kindly!"

They started sipping their soda, with huge grins forming on their faces.

"Mmmmmmm!" Huck beamed. "I sure love me a chocolate sody!"

He soon decided to head over to the saloon piano, and he played a little tune. "Now this is a piano I really like! It's got a nice tune to it!"

He played and played as his fingers hit the keys, but he was interrupted as the door swung open. And there, at the front of the saloon stood RiffRat in a cowboy bandit's outfit.

"Alright, ya' horny toads!" he snapped. "Stick em' up!"

Everyone in the saloon immediately gasped and threw up their hands in fright. Everyone of course, except for Huck.

"Well now, if it ain't RiffRat," he said. "Now listen here, what are you doing here?"

"Well, somebody's gotta grab the money from this here saloon, and that someone's gotta be..."

"You? Well, not this time! So either you mosey on out of here, or I'll ride you out of town!"

"Hahaha!" RiffRat laughed. "What are you gonna do? Call the sheriff to help you? That's not gonna work! I've already tied him up!"

"Well then, I guess you're gonna have to see what you've got with me!" Huck said. "I challenge you to a showdown! Whoever loses moseys on out of town!"

"You're on!" RiffRat shouted.

"Be careful, Huck!" Lyra warned.

"Don't worry, Lyra!" Huck replied. "I'll show that RiffRat how it's done!"

So, the cowboys and cowgirls all watched as Huck and RiffRat stood back, and looked at each other with determined looks on their faces. They each pulled out slingshots with ping pong balls.

"Whoever gets hit three times loses!" Huck said. "Here goes! Three, two, one, go!!"

And they started launching their ping pong balls with their slingshots. Huck soon got hit one time.

"That's one for me!" RiffRat called.

But then, the rat got hit! "Now that's one for me!" Huck replied.

They kept launching ping pong balls at each other, but they were both hit a second time at the same time!

"Whoever gets this last hit is out!" Huck said.