1) The narrator and his mule went calf hunting in the Ozarks and encountered a curious young Jersey steer. 2) When the steer snorted near the mule, she jumped and threw the narrator from her back, taking off at high speed through the woods. 3) The mule crashed through brush and trees, eventually causing her and the narrator to become entangled in a large tree. Both fell to the ground, with the narrator landing hard.