“andhefellerooki,andlookedaicareful,andurnediroundhiswayandha,andsays,h’m—so’iswell,wha’shegoodfor？’

“well,’smileysays,easyandcareless,he’sgoodenoughforohing,ishouldjudge—hecanoujumpanyfrogincaverascouny’

“hefellerookheboxagain,andookanoherlong,paricurlook,andgiveibackosmiley,andsays,verydeliberae,’well,’hesays,idon’seenop’insabouhafrogha’sanybeer’nanyoherfrog’

“maybeyoudon’,’smileysaysmaybeyouundersandfrogsandmaybeyoudon’undersand’em;maybeyou’vehadexperience,andmaybeyouain’onlyaamaure,asiwereanyways,i’vegomyopinion,andi’llreskforydolrshahecanoujumpanyfrogincaverascouny’

“andhefellersudiedaminue,andhensays,kindersadlike,well,i’monlyasrangerhere,andiain’gonofrog;buifihadafrog,i’dbeyou’

“andhensmileysays,ha’sallrigh—ha’sallrigh—ifyou’llholdmyboxaminue,i’llgoandgeyouafrog’andsohefellerookhebox,andpuuphisforydolrsalongwihsmiley’s,andsedownowai

“sohesehereagoodwhilehinkingandhinkingohimself,andhenhegohefrogouandprizedhismouhopenandookaeaspoonandfilledhimfullofquailsho—filledhimpreynearupohischin—andsehimonhefloorsmileyhewenoheswampandsloppedaroundinhemudforalongime,andfinallyhefechedafrog,andfechedhimin,andgivehimohisfeller,andsays:

“now,ifyou’reready,sehimalongsideofdan’l,wihhisforepawsjusevenwihdan’l’s,andi’llgiveheword’henhesays,’one—wo—hree—gi！andhimandhefelleroucheduphefrogsfrombehind,andhenewfroghoppedofflively,budan’lgiveaheave,andhyseduphisshoulders—so—likeafrenchman,buiwarn’nouse—hecouldn’budge;hewaspnedassolidasachurch,andhecouldn’nomoresirhanifhewasanchoredousmileywasagooddealsurprised,andhewasdisgusedoo,buhedidn’havenoideawhahemaerwas,ofcourse

“hefellerookhemoneyandsaredaway;andwhenhewasgoingouahedoor,hesorerjerkedhishumboverhisshoulder—so—adan’l,andsaysagain,verydeliberae,well,’hesays,idon’seenop’insabouhafrogha’sanybeer’nanyoherfrog’

“smileyhesoodscrachinghisheadandlookingdownadan’lalongime,andashesays,’idowonderwhainhenaionhafroghrow’dofffor—iwonderifhereain’somehinghemaerwihhim—he’spearsolookmighybaggy,somehow’andhekecheddan’lbyhenapofheneck,andhefedhim,andsays,’whybmemycasifhedon’weighfivepound！’andurnedhimupsidedownandhebelchedouadoublehandfulofshoandhenheseehowiwas,andhewashemaddesman—hesehefrogdownandookouaferhafeller,buheneverkechedhimand—”

[heresimonwheelerheardhisnamecalledfromhefronyard,andgouposeewhawaswaned]andurningomeashemovedaway,hesaid:“jussewhereyouare,sranger,andreseasy—iain’goingobegoneasecond”

bu,byyourleave,ididnohinkhaaconinuaionofhehisoryofheenerprisingvagabondjimsmileywouldbelikelyoaffordmemuchinformaionconcerningherevleonidaswsmiley,andsoisaredaway

ahedoorimehesociablewheelerreurning,andhebuonholedmeandrecommenced:

“well,hishyersmileyhadayalleroneeyedcowhadidn’havenoail,onlyjusashorsumplikeaba

a

er,and—”

however,ckingbohimeandinclinaion,ididnowaiohearabouheafflicedcow,buookmyleave

卡拉维拉县有名的跳蛙

[美国]马克·吐温

马克·吐温（18351910），美国杰出的家，美国文学史上最重要的作家之一，也是美国文学史上第一个用口语写作的作家，开创了一代文风，被福克纳称为“美国文学之父”。马克·吐温幼年家境贫寒，被迫放弃学业外出谋生。丰富的生活经历对他后期的创作影响很大。19世纪70年代到90年代是他创作的鼎盛时期，其代表作有《哈克贝利费恩历险记》和他的姊妹篇《汤姆·索亚历险记》等。

东部的一个朋友写了封信来。受他之托，我拜访了脾气好但喜欢絮叨的老西蒙·威勒，想从他那打听我朋友的朋友列昂尼达斯·w斯迈雷的下落，但直到现在，我也没打听个所以然来。于是，我就想，我朋友肯定不认识什么列昂尼达斯·w斯迈雷先生，说不定此人是他瞎编的；他准是琢磨着——只要我向老威勒一打听，就会让他想起那个臭名昭著的吉姆·斯迈雷来，接着他就会把吉姆·斯迈雷的斑斑劣迹全抖出来，那些乏味又冗长且与我毫不相干的事准会让我烦死。如果朋友存心这么干，那他的确做到了。