besides wishing for money to buy one of those donkeys , my aspiration as we ran through the shadowy valleys of banks , dime stores , and indian curio shops that made up our teeny , colorful downtown was that lots of those damn , goofy easterners could be standing around being thrilled by our display of western bravado , by the way we galloped down the streets , by our clomping boots , by our whooping voices , which mimicked what we hoped were official-sounding sirens .