<span>Helios (the sun god) had seven herds of oxen and
seven flocks of sheep guarded by his daughters, Phaëthusa and Lampetië. Circe
warned Odysseus to avoid the island no matter what as these harming these
cattles will bring will down Zeus’ wrath. However, cursed by Poseidon, Odysseus
and his men decided to stay on the island for a month with the condition that
no one must touch the cattles. When all the cattles died, Helios was enraged
and asked Zeus to cast a lightning on Odysseus’ ship. All his men died except
for Odysseus.</span>
The finishing point constructed by Twain is: when the old man is about to finish the story of Jim Smiley's jumping frog, another individual interrupts him. The narrator tries to leave the place, but the old man reaches it. The story ends with the old man who starts telling the narrator about a yellow cow with only one eye of Jim Smiley.
