The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Classic (fiction), 2,538 words, Level Z (Grade 5), Single-Book Classics, Lexile 1350L
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a story-within-a-story told to a reluctant listener by a garrulous old California miner. The miner talks his ear off about a man so in love with gambling that he will bet on anything, but his favorite thing to bet on is his talented frog. The frog wins any jumping contest--until a trickster arrives, finds a way to defeat the frog, and walks away with the gambler's money and his pride. How does the trickster do it? And will the miner's less-than-enthusiastic listener ever escape his talkative captor?
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