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b"We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we\\u2019ll read the 1865 Mark Twain short story \\u201cThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County\\u201d. It was Twain\\u2019s first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler in California, about the gambler named Jim Smiley.\\xa0To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\\n\\nJim Smiley is described as betting on just about anything, for example, on the travels of a \\u201cstraddle bug\\u201d. If you\\u2019re wondering what a straddle bug is, just picture a large, commonplace beetle.\\n\\n\\u2014 read by 'N' \\u2014\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"