Adventures from the Book of Virtues – Episode 20: "Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue" is a classic educational episode from 1996, produced by PorchLight Entertainment for PBS.
In this episode, Annie, Zach, and Chris explore the legendary tales of Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue, learning about the virtues of bravery, courage, and teamwork. Guided by the wise lion Plato, they discover stories that emphasize risk-taking with responsibility, facing challenges with confidence, and valuing collaboration, teaching children important lessons in ethics, heroism, and perseverance.
Key Lessons in This Episode:
Practicing bravery and courage in challenges
Working together and valuing teamwork
Making responsible choices during adventures
Developing moral integrity and resilience
Series Information:
Series: Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Episode: 20
Title: Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue
Year: 1996
Production Company: PorchLight Entertainment
Network: PBS
Genre: Educational, Moral, Family, Animated
Language: English
Total Episodes: 39
Ideal for children, families, and educators, this episode teaches courage, teamwork, and ethical decision-making through engaging animated storytelling.
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In this episode, Annie, Zach, and Chris explore the legendary tales of Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue, learning about the virtues of bravery, courage, and teamwork. Guided by the wise lion Plato, they discover stories that emphasize risk-taking with responsibility, facing challenges with confidence, and valuing collaboration, teaching children important lessons in ethics, heroism, and perseverance.
Key Lessons in This Episode:
Practicing bravery and courage in challenges
Working together and valuing teamwork
Making responsible choices during adventures
Developing moral integrity and resilience
Series Information:
Series: Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Episode: 20
Title: Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue
Year: 1996
Production Company: PorchLight Entertainment
Network: PBS
Genre: Educational, Moral, Family, Animated
Language: English
Total Episodes: 39
Ideal for children, families, and educators, this episode teaches courage, teamwork, and ethical decision-making through engaging animated storytelling.
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00:00Tell me a story, read me a poem
00:24Raffin' in melody, sing me the song
00:28Then let me hold it, deep in my heart
00:33Where it can speak to me all the day long
00:38The adventure of virtue, the adventure of truth
00:44The thrill of the knowing that it's up to you
00:49Building a new day, shining in the sun
00:53This is my story, the adventure has begun
01:01Annie, watch out for that blind corner
01:24Hey, I know what I'm doing
01:27I'm queen of the mountains
01:34Well, would her majesty mind cooling it a little?
01:38I don't want to hug any trees at 40 miles an hour
01:47Watch it, you're in my way
01:49If the competition's too hot, find another mountain
01:53Well, yeah, like this where I belong to the Wolfpack
01:56Think so?
02:00Will the last one down the mountain eat snow for breakfast?
02:04Annie, you don't have to prove anything to those guys
02:07I don't have to
02:08I want to
02:10Looks like I got the free meal
02:30Looks like I got the free meal
02:30Not bad for an amateur
02:51Amateur?
02:52How about a triple spin off that rock?
02:56If you've got the nerve
02:57Hey, I've got ice in my veins
03:00The Ice Queen rules this mountain
03:20And since the Wolfpack only liked in the best
03:23I guess I qualify
03:25It takes more than one fancy spin to get into this pack
03:30Come on, Boondog
03:31Oh, yeah?
03:32Do you think you can take Dead Man's Bluff?
03:39Dead Man's Bluff?
03:40Annie, nobody can ride that slope
03:42I can
03:46Talk is cheap
03:47I'm not just talking
03:49Tomorrow at noon
03:51You're on
03:54Good
03:55Good
03:55Are you nuts, Annie?
03:56They don't call it Dead Man's Bluff for nothing
03:58I can do this, Zach
04:00I'm good
04:01Really good
04:02Yeah, bragging got you into this in the first place
04:05I'm not bragging
04:07You're not
04:08I'm just telling the truth
04:11Hi, Annie
04:36What's up?
04:37Oh, hey, Aurora
04:38Just practicing my snowboarding
04:40Way up here?
04:42Yeah
04:42I gotta be ready
04:43I challenged you guys to a race down Dead Man's Bluff
04:46Oh, I don't know about that, Annie
04:48It's steep and full of hidden crevices
04:50And those
04:51I know what I'm doing
04:52Oh, my
04:56I better tell the others
04:57Are you sure this is a good idea, Sock?
05:05Sure, I'm sure
05:06It's the only way to keep up with that fancy snowboarder, Annie
05:09Maybe then we can talk some sense into her
05:14Okay, Ari
05:15Ready?
05:16Go!
05:17Hey, Annie
05:26Can we talk?
05:30Sock?
05:30Sorry?
05:32Not you, too
05:33Look, I can handle this mountain
05:36I've got all my moves down pat
05:38What do you do?
05:41But it's like my granddaddy, Billy Bobcat, once said
05:43You gotta look before you leave
05:46And
05:46You better take your own advice, Sock!
05:49Whoa, watch out!
06:01Oh, my ankle
06:07I twisted it
06:09Oh, gee, that's awful
06:12Yeah, now you won't be able to race
06:15Yes, I will
06:17A little sprain isn't going to stop me
06:19Well, Ben, we should, uh, go to Plato's Peak and take a look at it
06:27That's a good idea
06:28Maybe Plato can talk some sense into her
06:33You're really going to love Plato's Soup, Annie
06:41Nothing tastes better on a cold winter's day
06:45What is this race, Annie?
06:49Did you enter a contest?
06:51Not exactly
06:52It's just a little, you know, challenge between me and a couple of guys
06:57You mean a dare
06:58I'm very good at snowboarding, Plato
07:01What's wrong with proving it?
07:03We're nothing, Annie
07:04But sometimes the fires of our pride can blind us from doing what is wise
07:09Boasting can lead us to do things we shouldn't
07:12Humility is the missing ingredient that helps us calm our pride
07:17From what I can see, Dead Man's Bluff is way too dangerous
07:21I'm not backing out now
07:23I want to be in the Wolf Pack and this is my ticket
07:26Well, Ben, while you're waiting for the swelling to go down
07:30There's just enough time for
07:33A story about another young lady who let pride keep her from seeing that she was biting off more than she could chew
07:42Slew Foot Sue was a spirited young gal
07:48Who had fallen head over saddles in love with the most famous cowboy of them all, Pecos Bill
07:55Ukulele, any time now, Bill will be riding up the Rio Grande with his herd
08:01And when he does, he's gonna find me, Slew Foot Sue
08:05Of course he's gonna fall for me
08:15Cause I'm the best roping, riding, cowherding, cowgirl in all of Texas
08:20And the prettiest, too
08:23What do you mean it's not like me to brag?
08:29Bragging's part of being a cowboy
08:30Besides, ukulele, I ain't that shy young lady no more
08:37I've left that girl behind me like a sidewinder sheds his skin
08:41Pecos Bill needs a gal who can match him toe to toe
08:45What's so special about Pecos Bill?
08:50Why, he's about the greatest cowboy there ever was
08:54When Bill was a baby, his family was moving out west
09:01And their covered wagon was full up of youngies
09:04So, when Bill fell out into the desert, nobody noticed
09:12Well, not exactly nobody
09:15And so, little Bill was raised by a family of coyotes
09:27And because of Bill's unusual upbringing
09:35He could run from sunup to sundown
09:38And as fast as a deer
09:40Last one to the river is a blue-nosed gopher
09:44He could jump further than a bighorn sheep
09:48And wrestle a bear just for the fun of it
10:02After a hard day in the desert
10:05Bill would get together with his coyote brothers
10:08And howl at the moon
10:10So you see, ukulele, Pecos Bill's no ordinary cowboy
10:20So it's gonna take a special gal to rope his heart
10:24And that gal is me
10:26It's Bill!
10:32Bill, now's my chance
10:33There was Bill, riding on his mighty horse lightning
10:46Slung over his shoulder
10:47A 40-foot rattlesnake for a lasso
10:50Little did the king of cowboys know
10:53That he was about to meet his match
10:56Come on, bossy
11:00Get a move on, Elsie
11:02Buster, get the laydown
11:04Yee-haw!
11:11Ha-hoo!
11:11Hey, Bill
11:13Get a load of the size of that catfish
11:16Holy coyote
11:18It done snatched up that young gal
11:20I'll have her rescued in two shakes of a rattlesnake's tape
11:24Okay, Pete
11:26Do your thing
11:27Howdy, Bill
11:35It's nice to meet you
11:37Uh, pleasure's mine, ma'am
11:39Glad to have had the opportunity to rescue a young lady such as yourself
11:44Rescue?
11:46Young lady?
11:47Why, it seems, Pecos Bill
11:48That you have no idea who you've just lassoed
11:51Lightning, she looks familiar to you
11:54Well, seeing as you don't know
11:59I am the world's greatest catfish-riding-alligator-wrestling-cow-punching-hand in these parts
12:04Not to mention the most gorgeous cowgirl you'll ever meet
12:08They call me Sloughfoot Sue
12:11I think she left out exceedingly modest
12:16And I'm here to join up with the famous Pecos Bill and his cattle drive to Kansas
12:21What do you say to that, Bill?
12:25Well, I gotta ask my partners, Clem and Jake
12:29And my horse lightning
12:34Well, miss, cow-punching
12:36Oh, that is, cattle herding
12:38Is a tough and dangerous undertaking
12:41Clem's plum ride
12:43It requires years of practice and know-how
12:47Not me
12:48I was born with spurs on my boots
12:50And a lariat in my hand
12:51And if Bill would step down from his purdy white horse
12:55I'd gladly show you all a thing or two
12:58Uh, right, Lightning
13:01Uh, well, uh, maybe after the round-up
13:09So does that mean I get to join up with you, Bill?
13:12Sure, come all along
13:13Stu-foot Sue?
13:16Chua!
13:25Sue set her mind to prove it just how good a cow-puncher she really was
13:30That way, Pecos Bill was certain to ask her to marry him
13:34I can't show Bill how I can punch cows on this old bag of bones
13:39Why, she's prettier than a cactus in the moonlight
13:43Don't you think so, Lightning?
13:46You okay, Bill?
13:48You look all feverish
13:49Well, I do have this warm, fuzzy feeling in the pit of my stomach
13:54Which I think means I'm in love with Sue
13:58In love with Sue?
14:01You sure have twerked that possumly, Ed for supper
14:04Nope, it's Sue, all right
14:07Now that's more my style
14:12Now watch closely, Sue
14:15And I'll teach you how to tame the wild Texas lark
14:18That's okay, Bill
14:20I can handle it
14:22Now reel him in
14:28Yee-haw!
14:30I'm coming, Sue
14:33Go, Lightning
14:34Now why'd you go and do that, Pecos Bill?
14:52I was just about to wear him out
14:54I could have roped him just like I can ride your highfalutin' horse if I set my mind to it
15:01Whoa, partner, that's tall talk
15:06But it might just take a tad more practice, not to mention patience
15:11Maybe a slice of humble pie
15:15I don't need any of those things
15:18If the great Pecos Bill can rope a Texas steer
15:24So can slew foot Sue
15:26She sure is fasty
15:32But I wonder if underneath all that bragging and boasting
15:35Is a wonderful gal I might like to marry
15:39What's a cowgirl gotta do to get Pecos Bill to marry her?
15:52She's got a lot of spunk, that Sue
15:55But riding Lightning, that's even crazier than trying to rope that steer
15:59She'd never get her foot in the stirrup
16:02Only Bill can ride that horse
16:04Like a prairie fire out of control
16:07The words of the cowboys had fanned the flames of Sue's pride
16:11No horse is gonna get between me and my Bill
16:15If I can ride a 50-foot catfish, I can ride that Lightning
16:19That settles it
16:23If I can lasso a cyclone, I can tame that girl
16:27Bill
16:28Sue
16:29I've got something to ask you
16:31Me too
16:32You go first, Sue
16:33You just gotta let me ride Lightning
16:36But I can't, Sue
16:38It's too dangerous
16:40Why, he wouldn't even let me ride him when we first met
16:43I had to chase him all the way north to the Arctic Circle
16:55And then all the way south again, but I still couldn't catch him
17:04So I hitched her out on a Lightning bolt
17:10Cause it was the only thing as fast as that gall darn horse
17:13Easy boy
17:18I think I'll call you Lightning
17:22So you see, Sue
17:29He don't take too easily to new riders
17:32Well, I'm different
17:34I'll show you I can ride your old Bronco just as fine as you
17:38But you can't, Sue
17:40But you can't, Sue
17:40Why not?
17:41Cause I don't want you to break your pretty little neck before we get m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mire-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m...
17:50I mean, married?
17:52Yeah, as soon as we reach Kansas.
18:01The wedding day finally arrived.
18:04But Sue was restless,
18:06her pride still stinging like a nest of angry hornets.
18:11Sue, I got something for you.
18:14Oh, what a beautiful wedding dress, Bill.
18:18But there's one present I want more than anything else.
18:22What's that, Sue?
18:24I want to ride lightning on my wedding day.
18:26I'll let you ride my horse someday, any day, but not on our wedding day.
18:32I gotta go get the parson.
18:40I'll show you and all the rest of Texas what Pecos Bill's girl can do.
18:48Yep, what more can I ask for, Clem, with you as my best cowboy and the prettiest girl in Texas for my bride?
19:00If she shows up...
19:02Yee-haw!
19:14We're Drew and I'm Queen of the Cowboys!
19:20Bill!
19:21Help!
19:22Help!
19:29Sue!
19:30My Sue!
19:31She's bouncing for the moon!
19:33Lightning, that's no way to treat my bride to be.
19:35Now you help me save...
19:40Help!
19:45Help!
19:46Help!
19:47Help!
19:48Okay, Pete, I only got one chance before she bounces all the way to the next darn galaxy!
20:01Can you ever forgive me, Bill?
20:03I shouldn't have done all that boasting and bragging and letting my pride make me do foolish things.
20:08Well, that's a good start. Go on.
20:12I'm really not like that, Bill.
20:14I'm really kind of shy and modest.
20:17I just thought you wouldn't fall for me if I was my own self.
20:21Well, gosh, you didn't need to prove nothing to me or my horse, Sue,
20:25cause I love you just like you are.
20:28Right Lightning?
20:29Oh, Bill!
20:31Mwah!
20:38And because Slow Foot Sue learned her lesson,
20:42she and Bill lived a long and prosperous life together,
20:46taming the rest of the Wild West.
20:48So you see, partner, a little humility can go a long way.
21:03Cause if you let your pride make you do rash things,
21:05you could end up on the moon.
21:07Or worse.
21:09Cool story, Ari.
21:10Very cool.
21:11How's your ankle, Annie?
21:13Oh, much better.
21:15Thanks.
21:16Oh, I'm gonna be late!
21:19But, Annie, come back!
21:22What's she gonna do, Play-Doh?
21:24The right thing, of course.
21:27Whoa, totally radical.
21:30Checked out Mondo's slope.
21:32She's late.
21:33I didn't think she'd show.
21:35Oh, well, guess she lost her nerve.
21:39It's about time, Annie.
21:41You ready to shred this mountain like a true wolf?
21:46I'm not going down.
21:48Ha-ha!
21:49I knew she was chicken.
21:51Nobody calls me chicken!
21:54Unless it's the truth.
21:56And the truth is, only a fool will go down that slope.
22:00Hey, I ain't no fool.
22:02Then give up this stupid dare.
22:03Unless you'd rather break your neck.
22:06It was your idea!
22:07Yeah, and a stupid one.
22:08I thought I had to prove to the world I was number one to get into the pack.
22:14Well, if that's what it takes to be a wolf, I'll pass.
22:19I guess I win by default.
22:21You coming, Moondog?
22:22Huh?
22:24Why not?
22:28It's like Play-Doh always says, Aurora.
22:31Pride comes before a fall.
22:33And Annie learned it just in time.
22:35I need you!
22:36Oh, speaking of falls...
22:37Gah!
22:38Woo-hoo-hoo!
22:39Whoa-hoo-hoo!
22:40Whoa-hoo-hoo!
22:41Whoa-hoo-hoo!
22:42Whoa-ah!
22:43Whoa-ah!
22:44Whoa-ah!
22:45Whoa-ah!
22:46Whoa-ah!
22:47Whoa-ah!
22:48Whoa-ah!
22:49Oh, put that tree there.
22:50Oh, brother!
22:51To meet some of our characters online and learn more about Adventures from the Book of Virtues,
23:06visit our website at pbskids.org.
23:21Yeahn, you can find us!
23:23Look!
23:24Look!
23:25There we go!
23:26Whoa!
23:27No,
23:43All Peetas',
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