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Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County Tale
A narrator encounters Simon Wheeler in Angel's Camp and hears a rambling tale about Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley and a frog that supposedly outjumped others. The story centers on Smiley's betting frenzy, his education of a frog named Dan'l Webster, and a wild wager that ends with a lesson about clever humor.
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Calaveras County
Mark Twain
Simon Wheeler
Angel's
Leonidas W. Smiley
Leonidas W. H'm
Reverend le
Jim Smiley
Andrew Jackson
Smiley
Frog
Dan’l Webster
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