This work ends after the narrator cuts off a man who starts talking about a "yeller one-eyed cowthat didn't have no tail".
This work ends after the narrator cuts off a man who starts talking about a "yeller one-eyed cowthat didn't have no tail". The protagonist of this story is described as the type of person who "wouldbet you how long it would take" a straddle-bug "to get wherever he was going". One character inthis story judged Parson Walker to be "the best exhorter" and owned a dog known for its vise-griptactics named (*) Andrew Jackson. The narrator of this work seeks information on a man named Leonidasat Angel's Camp, where Simon Wheeler tells him a story in which quail shot is used to frustrate the effortsof a creature owned by Jim Smiley. For 10 points, name this Mark Twain short story about a bet involvingDan'l Webster, the title amphibian.
This work ends after the narrator cuts off a man who starts talking about a "yeller one-eyed cowthat didn't have no tail".
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" [or "The Notorious Jumping Frog ofCalaveras County"; or "Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog"; or "The Jumping Frog"]