Children's Digest, September 1st, 1999
Americans have been frog-wild for jumping contests ever since Mark Twain's famous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," was published in the late 1800s.
One of the biggest contests is held in Calaveras County, California, the setting of Twain's original story. "We'll jump frogs about 4,000 times, about a thousand a day," says Laurie Giannini, an organizer of the Calaveras County event.
Contestants come from all over the country to test their frogs in the home of frog jumping, partly for the honor, but the prizes draw them, too. Beating the world three-hop record of 21 f...
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