escapees. As a distraction, the trio set the lawmens' car on fire, which is full of ammunition, then escape when Hogwallup's son drives them out of the burning barn. The journey continues with the three picking up Tommy, a colored hitchhiker, who claims to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for learning how to play the guitar skillfully. He claims he wasn't using his soul anyways, and that he has heard about a place in Tishomingo, the next town where they pay people to "sing into a can". The quartet find this place, which in reality is a radio station, name themselves "The Soggy Bottom Boys", and are paid to sing a song into a can, in reality a microphone. When the three are almost caught by the lawman again and lose their car, they are picked up by George Nelson, a bank robber who has robbed three banks in two hours. George then walks off, depressed with his lifestyle and the lack of satisfaction that exists with robbing banks. The three escapees continue their journey and run into three Sirens in a river, who seduce them and turn Pete into a frog while Ulysses and Delmar are sleeping. Horrified when they awaken, the remaining two capture the frog and continue their adventure. While dining at a restaurant, they cross paths with a one-eyed bible salesman, who convinces Ulysses to pay for his dinner in return for a lesson on how to make a fortune selling bibles. The Cyclops then rips a branch from a tree and gives both Ulysses and Delmar a thorough beating, taking their money and squishing their frog in the process. It is later revealed that Pete has not beenturned into a frog, but was instead lured into bathing with the Sirens and then turned over to the authorities. Pete is tortured, and is forced to reveal the location of the treasure to them. The journey continues with Ulysses and Delmar arriving home without much incident, where they find that Penny, Ulysses' wife, has changed her name and their daughter's names back to Wh...