The Celebrated Jumping Frog of_Calaveras County 上课.pptVIP

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Who is the narrtaor? Who is the story-teller? Who is the hero in this story? Who is the stranger? The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Main plotsBegining: my friend(East) I(first-person narrtor) Simon WheelerLeonidas W.Smiley Jim Smiley  Once, Jim caught a frog and named it Danl Webster. For three months, he trained the frog to jump high. At the end of those three months, the frog had in fact jumped higher than any other. Jim carried the frog around in a box. One day, a stranger to the town asks Jim what is in the box of his. Jim tells that in the box is a frog that can jump higher than any other frog in Calaveras county. The stranger responds that the frog doesnt look any different than the other frogs of Calaveras county, so he mustnt be the best. He tells Jim if he had a frog, hed bet him $40 that the frog he had could beat Jims. Jim agrees to bet, and he gives the box to the stranger to hold while Jim was to catch another frog for the stranger. While Jim is catching the strangers frog, the stranger pours lead shot into the frogs mouth. When Jim comes back, they set the frogs up ready to begin. They aligned the frogs up evenly, and on the count of three let them loose. The freshly caught frog (the strangers) jumped off, while Danl Webster didnt budge a bit. Jim was surprised and disgusted. He gave the money to the stranger and the stranger giddily left. Jim wonders why Danl looks all of the sudden so plumpy. He takes the frog and tips him upside down. The frog coughed out handfuls of shot. Jim set the frog down, and chased after the stranger. But the stranger was long gone, and Jim never caught up to him. The End: At this point in the story, Wheeler is called away by someone on the front porch, and tells the narrator to keep seated. The narrator realizes that Jim Smiley isnt the least bit related to Leonidas W. Smiley, and sta