Found a fascinating difference between two editions of the same story : "Private History of the ‘Jumping Frog’ Story” In the Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/howtotellastory00twairich/page/n159> version of How to tell a story : and other essays <https://archive.org/details/howtotellastory00twairich/page/n159> https://archive.org/details/howtotellastory00twairich/page/n159 the phrase reads: "One was the smartness of its hero, Jim Smiley, in taking the stranger in with a loaded frog; and the other was Smiley’s deep knowledge of a frog’s nature-" ++++++++++++++++++++++++ In another version: <https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QacJ48C0VvSaaNQMK6iMJAL0F9sUdLHEzPnV8bLdQqHHXI5eOh5O8Ak-M23_Y5cQFvShQAEUaZXCvGkm581XdAlFLzwJVx97BT-1M_JCLvZnCd5D29WPTBcRWhX070-yFb5hLZyeNva-ixHeJKxMH5te4lQBjtm0XIjXhlIru-E_eoMYp9zthFWsmccfvPdQ7HBcvBbfrO2LDxiIkwRKsZABahtgfBcQDwtCMB0ClszThO4pIOPV8D9QE6FcYvl3ko0jCXsupzq-BqVT9vhH_rggvfRo0p9U3t6knFw2_Q2bXPM8-ug> p.122 of the Author’s National Edition (Volume XXII) <https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QacJ48C0VvSaaNQMK6iMJAL0F9sUdLHEzPnV8bLdQqHHXI5eOh5O8Ak-M23_Y5cQFvShQAEUaZXCvGkm581XdAlFLzwJVx97BT-1M_JCLvZnCd5D29WPTBcRWhX070-yFb5hLZyeNva-ixHeJKxMH5te4lQBjtm0XIjXhlIru-E_eoMYp9zthFWsmccfvPdQ7HBcvBbfrO2LDxiIkwRKsZABahtgfBcQDwtCMB0ClszThO4pIOPV8D9QE6FcYvl3ko0jCXsupzq-BqVT9vhH_rggvfRo0p9U3t6knFw2_Q2bXPM8-ug> the phrase reads: “One was the smartness of the stranger in taking in its hero, Jim Smiley, with a loaded frog; and the other was the stranger’s deep knowledge of a frog’s nature-" Anyone know how this got flipped???? +++++++++++++++ Coincidence is a messenger sent by Truth [log in to unmask] Mark Twain Audiobooks from Librivox <https://librivox.org/reader/107?primary_key=107&search_category=reader&search_page=1&search_form=get_results> <http://archive.org/search.php?query=(read%20by%20John%20Greenman)%20AND%20mediatype:(Audio)>My Mark Twain audio recordings at Archive.org <https://archive.org/search.php?query=Audio+%22John+Greenman%22&sort=-downloads>