Read it through once

The story of Jim Smiley and his jumping frog spread through the neighborhood and has been told and retold with various embellishments. People laughed at Jim, and praised the frog; and whenever a stranger came to town he was likely to hear the tale and be invited to witness a display. The celebrated frog, whether by nature or contrivance, might have been the best jumper in the county for a time — but as often happens with popular wonders, its fame was as much in the telling as in the fact.