flat-footed and all right, like a cat. He got him up so in the matter of ketching flies, and kept him in
practice so constant, that he’d nail a fly every time as far as he could see him. Smily said all a frog
wanted was education, and he could do most anything—and I believe him. Why, I’ve seen him set Dan’l
Webster down here on this floor—Dan’l Webster was the name of the frog—and sing out, “Flies! Dan’l,
flies,” and quicker’n you could wink, he’d spring straight up, and snake a fly off’n the counter there, and
flop down on the floor again as solid as a gob of mud, and fall to scratching the side of his head with his
hind foot as indifferent as if he hadn’t no idea he’d done any more’n any frog might do. You never see a
frog so modest and straightfor’ard as he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come to
fair-and-square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal
of his breed you ever see. Jumping on a dead level was his strong suit, you understand, and when it come
to that, Smily would ante up money on him as long as he had a red. Smily was monstrous proud of his
frog, and well he might be, for fellers that had travelled and been everywheres all said he laid over any
frog that ever they see.
flat-footed and all right, like a cat. He got him up so in the matter of ketching flies, and kept him inpractice so constant, that he’d nail a fly every time as far as he could see him. Smily said all a frogwanted was education, and he could do most anything—and I believe him. Why, I’ve seen him set Dan’lWebster down here on this floor—Dan’l Webster was the name of the frog—and sing out, “Flies! Dan’l,flies,” and quicker’n you could wink, he’d spring straight up, and snake a fly off’n the counter there, andflop down on the floor again as solid as a gob of mud, and fall to scratching the side of his head with hishind foot as indifferent as if he hadn’t no idea he’d done any more’n any frog might do. You never see afrog so modest and straightfor’ard as he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come tofair-and-square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animalof his breed you ever see. Jumping on a dead level was his strong suit, you understand, and when it cometo that, Smily would ante up money on him as long as he had a red. Smily was monstrous proud of hisfrog, and well he might be, for fellers that had travelled and been everywheres all said he laid over anyfrog that ever they see.
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