有声书 | The Jumping Frog 卡城名蛙 04
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书名：
The Jumping Frog
《卡城名蛙》
作者：
Mark Twain
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Chapter Four: A Strager at Angel's camp
Smiley kept his frog in a box with small holes① in it. One day a stranger came to the mining camp. He saw Smiley holding the box.
"What's in that box?" asked the stranger. "Maybe② a parrot③, maybe a canary④! No, it's a frog," answered Smiley.
The stranger took the box and looked at it carefully.
"Yes, it is. Well, what's he good for?"
"Well," Smiley said, "he's good for ONE thing: he can outjump⑤ any frog in Calaveras County."
The stranger took the box again. He looked at the frog for a long time. Then he returned it to Smiley and said, "I don't see anything special about this frog."
"Maybe you don't," said Smiley. "Maybe you understand frogs and maybe you don't understand them. But, I'll bet forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras County." The fellow answered, "Well, I'm only a stranger here and I don't have a frog. I can't bet."
"That's all right, that's all right. Hold⑥ my box a minute. I'll go to the river and find a frog for you," said Smiley .
The stranger took the box and bet his forty dollars. Smiley bet his forty dollars too and went to the river. The stranger sat down and waited for Smiley.
He sat there a long time and he began to think. Suddenly, he took Daniel Webster out of the box and opened his mouth. With a teaspoon, he put some shotgun pellets⑦ into the frog's mouth. Then he put him on the floor.
Words
① a box with small holes：一个带洞的小箱子。
② maybe：有可能。
③ parrot：鹦鹉。
④ canary：小鸟。
⑤ outjump：比…跳的远。
⑥ hold：拿着。
⑦ shotgun pellets：手枪射出的小子弹。
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