By Richard and Judy Dockrey Young
From Spooky Campfire Stories (2000)
Edited by Amy Kelley
Tagline: Spooky outdoor tales for all ages.
A swindled widow wants to get revenge on the man who left
her with nothing. When he dies she joins
the women paid to mourn him and sneaks into his vault. She uses a knife to open him up and cut out his
guts. The widow brings his guts home and begins to cooks them up into a stew
called menudo.
As she is cooking she hears the cows on the ranch calling
out “Ah-oooo-ah.” The atmosphere darkens
and a storms rolls in. Typical scary story
noises are heard like the fence gate opening and a knocking at the door. She suspects the noises are more than just
the storm and the cattle now sound like they are saying asadura, which is the
Spanish word for guts. Then a voice
outside says, “Give me back my asadura!”
