Mrs. May is an old lady who finds a bull loitering on her farm property. She asks Mr. Greenleaf, a farmhand who has been working for her for over fifteen years, to get the bull off of her land. He does not act on this command for several days. Mrs. May finds out through her two adult sons that the bull belongs to Mr. Greenleaf's adult twins. The twins have grown up to be more successful than Mrs. May's sons, which agitates Mrs. May.

Eventually, she goes back to Mr. Greenleaf's place and tells him to grab his gun: he is to shoot the bull that day. Mr. Greenleaf does not want to shoot his own sons' bull, but he does as he is told. Mrs. May drives Mr. Greenleaf to the pasture where the bull grazes, peacefully. Instead of shooting it, Mr. Greenleaf throws a hard stone at its head, causing it to scurry off into the woods. Mrs. May waits at her car while Mr. Greenleaf follows it into the woods. When he does not return for a while, Mrs. May grows impatient and honks her car horn, which agitates the bull and causes it to run out of the woods and straight toward her. The bull impales her in the heart with its horns. Mr. Greenleaf catches up and shoots the bull four times in the eye, but Mrs. May is already dead.