'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,' by Mark Twain — VOA Learning English
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Editor's note: This story includes some of the informal dialect that Mark Twain liked to include in his writing. We have provided explanations of some of the expressions after the story.
Our story is called "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story.
A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheeler, to ask about my friends friend, Leonidas W. Smiley. I did as my friend asked me to do and this story is the result.
I found Simon Wheeler sleeping by the stove in the ruined mining camp of Angels.
I saw that he was fat and had no hair, and had a gentle and simple look upon his peaceful face. He woke up, and gave…
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