Book excerpt: This funny short story recounts the adventures of two city slickers on holiday from the big city. They round a bend in the highway and have their first encounter with the strange creatures we know as cows. As the two talk about the strange creatures in the field, a silent figure pulls up behind them and hears their conversation. He smiles. Wally watches and listens. He can’t wait to relate his story to the loafers in the barber’s shop. His satisfaction was short lived when Seldon turned the tables on him. Alien Cows is a short fiction story from the series, Tales From the Liar’s Bench. This funny short story series includes the funny stories two older men, Wally and Ben. The fellows enjoy regaling each other with tall stories. The other men in the shop just sit and listen in incredulous disbelief. The humorous short story collection Ten Tales From the Liars Bench contains this funny short story.