The Adventures of Mark Twain Page #2

to educate him.

All a frog wants is educating...

...and he can do most anything.

And so he never done nothing

for three months...

...but sat in his back yard

and learned that frog to jump.

And you bet he did learn him too.

All right, Dan'l,

let's just see how far you can go.

Come on back now.

One for accuracy.

Smiley knew a sucker

when he saw one.

What might that be

you got in the barrel?

Well, it might be a parrot.

Might be a canary, maybe.

But it ain't.

lt's only just a frog.

So it is.

What's he good for?

Well, he's good enough

for one thing l should judge.

He can out-jump any frog

in Calaveras County.

Well, l don't see no points

about that frog...

...that's any better

than any other frog.

Maybe you just don't

understand frogs.

Anyway, l got my opinion...

...and l'll just rest 40 dollars...

...that he can out-jump any frog

in Calaveras County.

Well, l'm only a stranger here.

l ain't got no frog.

But if l had a frog, l'd bet you.

That's all right.

l'll go get you a frog.

You hungry, frog?

Smiley went to the swamp...

...and slopped around in the mud

for a long time.

Finally, he fetched a frog...

...and fetched him in

to give him to this fellow.

Eurekee!

-Here he comes.

-There's your frog.

The likes of that....

Putting my money on Smiley's frog.

-Me too.

-Count me in.

Now then, if you're ready,

set him alongside of Dan'l...

...with his forepaws even

with Dan'l's...

...and l'll give the word.

On your marks, get set...

...get!

Come on, jump.

Get in there, boy, would you?

What's the matter with you?

Will you start jumping?

l said, get.

Get off that starting line.

Get going.

-Get off of that--

-Jump there. Come on now.

-Oh, no.

-Will you just jump?

Jump. Jump, frog. Get going.

-We won, frog.

-What do you mean, you won?

Dag blame it, Smiley.

That was the last 40 dollars l had.

Well, as l said before...

...l don't see no points about that frog

that's any better than any other frog.

l do wonder...

...why in tarnation

that there frog just give up.

Wonder if there ain't something

the matter with him.

Appears to look mighty

baggy somehow.

Why, blame my cats...

...if he don't weigh 50 pounds!

l've been hornswoggled!

He was the maddest man.

He took out after that fella,

but he never catched him.

Shucks, l could write a better

story than that one.

Tom!

That's what l said myself

when l heard it.

lt was a big success all the same.

l became a writer.

l haven't worked a day since.

-Now, that's a job l'd like to get.

-lf you get out of here alive.

There she is.

How come you wanna catch

that comet so bad, Mr. Twain?

The comet and l

are a part of the plan, angelfish.

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