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The stranger in Wheeler’s story comes to the mining town of Angel’s Camp and strikes up a conversation with Jim Smiley. When Smiley boasts that his frog, Dan’l Webster, can out-jump any frog in Calaveras County, the stranger responds sadly that he would accept the 40-dollar bet, if only he had a frog. Smiley promptly entrusts the stranger with Webster and goes to the swamp to catch another frog for his new acquaintance. While Smiley is gone, the stranger fills Webster with quail-shot so that he can’t jump. This enables the stranger to win the competition and take off with Smiley’s 40 dollars.
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
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“And the feller studied a minute, and then says, kinder sad-like, ‘Well, I'm only a stranger here, and I ain’t got no frog; but if I had a frog, I'd bet you.'”
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“[…] the new frog hopped off lively, but Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders—so—like a Frenchman, but it warn't no use—he couldn't budge; he was planted as solid as a church, and he couldn't no more stir than if he was anchored out.”
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
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“And the feller studied a minute, and then says, kinder sad-like, ‘Well, I'm only a stranger here, and I ain’t got no frog; but if I had a frog, I'd bet you.'”
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“[…] the new frog hopped off lively, but Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders—so—like a Frenchman, but it warn't no use—he couldn't budge; he was planted as solid as a church, and he couldn't no more stir than if he was anchored out.”
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