Read the excerpt from "Pecos Bill.” And he and Widow-Maker had themselves some rootin’-tootin’ crazy adventures. Once, there was a terrible drought that made all of Texas bone dry. So Pecos Bill rode Widow-Maker to California, lassoed a cloud, and pulled it home. It rained so much that it created the Gulf of Mexico.

Which element of a folktale is included in this excerpt?

the state of being passed down orally through generations
different versions, depending on the storyteller
a person who has an

He has many exaggerated abilities. Every thing he does is to the extreme. These stories are passed thru generations, but this particular reading is showing how he was able to do the impossible by catching a cloud and creating the ocean.

Explanation:

read stories

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.