Feature: Calling the original method You can use `and_call_original` on the fluent interface to "pass through" the received message to the original method. Scenario: expect a message Given a file named "call_original_spec.rb" with: """ruby class Addition def self.two_plus_two 4 end end describe "and_call_original" do it "delegates the message to the original implementation" do Addition.should_receive(:two_plus_two).and_call_original Addition.two_plus_two.should eq(4) end end """ When I run `rspec call_original_spec.rb` Then the examples should all pass