My Favorite Tall Tale

Tall Tales are stories that as a kid we all love. Some Tall Tales are John Henry: The Steel Driving Man, Paul Bunyan: The Giant Lumberjack, Davy Crockett, and Pecos Bill. One of my favorite Tall Tales is Johnny Appleseed. That is probably because I have known that story since I was little. I bet that almost every kid by the time they are in second grade knows the story of Johnny Appleseed, how he wears a pot on his head, and plants Apple Trees everywhere he goes. That is a classic story. One of my other favorites is Davy Crockett. I am pretty sure that when I was little, I used to watch a movie on Davy Crockett and thought it was one of the coolest things ever. He would wear a racoon hat on his head and walk across the frontier protecting people, he was very heroic and very much a legend. Those two would definitely be my top two, the others I have read, but are a little less realistic. I remember reading some of them in English class in middle school, in seventh and eighth grade.
They were fascinating stories that are entertaining, but are clearly fictional. They are fantasies that attract our attention and are purely for the enjoyment of the reader. Though some are based off of true legends like Davy Crockett and Jonny Appleseed. That is probably another reason why I like them better than the others is because they are based off of a real living person, only maybe a little bit twisted in some areas. No matter how you shape it, Tall Tales are American Classics. They are stories that have been passed down and are told often. In some cultures they pass down stories in order to teach a lesson, so that later generations can learn from them and keep the tradition going. The American Literature Tall Tales are the types of stories that we tell in America. They might not hold any significant value, but all the same they are told for people to listen to and enjoy.