What prompts simon wheeler to tell the story of jim smiley

Which sentence is correct? laura lent me her copy of cooking weekly so i could use a recipe. i enjoy doing crossword puzzles from the new york times. herman melville wrote the novel “moby d ick.” maggie loves to read the smithsonian magazine.

"ten from the sea to the sand he walks, to look in the soil, but not in the box''!

Which sentence from the article best supports the statement above