How did Pecos bill die?

There are two stories of how Pecos Bill died. One claims that he lay down on the sidewalk, and laughed until he died. Another one says that he died after eating a meal of barbed wire washed down with nitroglycerin. Nobody can claim which is real tho

After washing down a meal of barbed wire with a drink of nitroglycerin.

Explanation:

As a man he rode a mountain lion and used a rattlesnake as a lasso, besting the toughest of cowboys. He died, according to one tradition, after washing down a meal of barbed wire with a drink of nitroglycerin.

according to the options stated, the one that is correct is the second option. the author most likely includes the panel to hint at the strong bonds among his family members. besides, the image from art spiegelman’s maus is common to show and portray the innocence and naivete of the children during the holocaust as well as the fact that millions of innocent jews were rounded up and taken by train to camps.