Somebody told a story about ravens.
This led to road-runners.

This suggested rattlesnakes.

They started Windy Bill.
"Speakin' of snakes," said Windy, "I mind when they catched the great-granddaddy of all the bullsnakes up at Lead in the Black Hills.
I was only a kid then.

This wasn't no such tur'ble long a snake, but he was more'n a foot thick.

Looked just like a sahuaro stalk.