the Jumping Frog of Calavaeras County

Simon Wheeler’s story gets cut off when he hears his name called from the front yard and goes out. He tells the narrator to wait, he won’t be long. The narrator figures he won’t find out anything about Leonidas W. Smiley, so he starts to leave, but encounters Wheeler again in the doorway. Wheeler begins to tell the narrator another tall tale about Smiley’s yellow one-eyed cow without a tail. The narrator interrupts good-naturedly, says goodbye, and leaves.