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I choose"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" because the title attracted me.
The story told that the narrator was requested by his friend to make some inquiries about Leonidas W. Smiley, who was a young minister of the Gospel. As a result, Jim Smiley used to bet on anything such a cat-fight, chicken-fight, or dog-fight, also, maybe he betting on two birds which one will fly first. He had a horse, a little small bull pup and other to bet on it, so one day he own a frog to learn him to jump, he named the frog Dan'l Webster, but one day when he bet on him with another frog, Dan'l didn't jump, while the other hopped off. Smiley surprised why he didn't jump and wondered about him bcause he just give a heave, so smily lost this bet(Twain,1867).

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